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“Please, please I just want something, I’ll do anything,” the hungry 8-year-old boy would beg, according to his sister, whose identity The Times is withholding because she is a juvenile.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

Offering restrictions that teens can beg their parents to relax sets up a conflict between parents and children, says Josh Golin, executive director of Fairplay, a nonprofit child-safety organization.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

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

Robert added: "When your child is dying, you shouldn't have to beg to get help that she's entitled to."

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

Thomas Savage only stayed for a little while in Werowocomoco; why did he not beg to be allowed to stay forever?

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone

It begs the question, why would any company move into this market?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

The opposite of a guard dog: Golden retriever begs to play with intruder in San Diego break-in.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

That begs the question of why they were performed, other than raw intimidation, deterring would-be whistleblowers, and punishing the disloyal.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

While roadways like the 5 serve to get you from one point to another quickly and efficiently, this one begs you to relish the journey.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

Of course, this merely begs the further question: of what is 'dignity' comprised?

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro

No matter how much he begged them to help us, they rarely called and didn’t even visit him during the last three years of his life.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

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

DiMario Thomas Sr., a bar bouncer who witnessed Glenn’s death, said Proctor practically begged him to back his version of events after the shooting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026

She begged staff to let her keep him.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

When Ophie had begged him to stay, he’d taken the arm of a pretty white lady and walked away, his hat at a jaunty angle.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland

That’s because stealing, begging or borrowing material in service of an artistic creation made by real people is enormously different from some corporation doing it to build a better Mechanical Turk.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

He said it was not a "luxury" ship but affordable -- until the company started "begging for money".

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

Most street performers rely on voluntary payments, but experts say the line between performing for money and begging can blur.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Their mother searched for her 20-year-old daughters everywhere, begging staff at hospitals, in courts and outside prisons for information about them, to no avail.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

So I went door-to-door, begging neighbors to buy candy bars.”

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas