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Change the herbs accordingly: chives and parsley are excellent with giardiniera, while Mexican-style pickled carrots practically beg for cilantro and oregano.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
Recent high-profile museum heists beg the question: What can be done to ensure your personal collection doesn’t meet the same fate?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
Yet gamers often beg studios to remake their favourite titles and give them a new lease of life with modern tech.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
After deadly twin quakes in Venezuela, survivor Rubén Darío Sillie used social media to beg for help amid a severely delayed and criticized government response.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026
“Where is Boo? I have to see Boo,” I beg.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
That begs the question: How much responsibility does a filmmaker have to take a clear stance in their work, especially in a film that is overtly intended to be a lightning rod for heated debate?
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
The opposite of a guard dog: Golden retriever begs to play with intruder in San Diego break-in.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
Lucas has said that his collection, and by extension his museum, represents “the people’s art,” a term that begs as much argument as “treacle.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
All that begs the question: How radical is the DSA?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
“Promise me you won’t say a word, Wolowitz,” Inkling begs.
From "Invisible Inkling" by Emily Jenkins
For five years, Sister Schubert’s fans asked, begged and eventually petitioned for the return of a frozen food composed of two things: a small smoked sausage and a soft Parker House roll.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026
Boyle Heights was reaching a breaking point as a deadline passed to clean up 88 million pounds of rotten food from the burned-down warehouse and residents begged for relief from the horrifying stench.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Melanoma patients and their family members who testified at the hearing disagreed and begged the agency to approve the medicine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
A bystander begged to help Good, to check her pulse and perform first aid.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
I begged her not to make me go.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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
“People, I would argue, are not even begging to use AI,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
While begging her parents to keep sending her money, Hannah admitted that she thinks of herself as “the voice of my generation. “Or at least a voice.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
Kenscoff Mayor Jean Massillon said the community is broke, desperate for government help and had been begging for reinforcements for months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
“Why didn’t you come forward,” I ask, accusing and begging her at once.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
