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begging

ADJECTIVE
desirous
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
undesirous


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“I was begging, crying, arguing, a whole ordeal,” Summer told me Sunday night.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

That’s despite the Iran war pushing oil prices above $100 a barrel, a new Federal Reserve’s interest-rate hike and artificial-intelligence executives publicly begging their own industry to slow down.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026

In an interview with the BBC, the Reform leader said he was not listening to the discussion and revealed his family are "begging" him to leave his job amid increasing pressure.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

“People, I would argue, are not even begging to use AI,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

Her big dark eyes were wide and begging.

From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee




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