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[beg] / bɛg /




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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

But as the season draws nearer and a new era of Bruin football begins, all the enthusiasm does beg the question: What does a successful debut actually look like for Chesney at UCLA?

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 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

They didn’t talk to her, they didn’t press around her and beg her for favors, they didn’t even reveal themselves to her.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland

McCullum is said to be supportive of players taking responsibility for their behaviour, which begs the question as to why he went along with the curfew in the first place.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

All that begs the question: How radical is the DSA?

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

The album begs the question: What’s a “normal life” to a liberated woman?

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

"It begs the question, why couldn't it have been tested to the north of the Pacific Ocean, where there is an expanse of international waters?" he said.

From Barron's Jul. 10, 2026

“He says he begs to differ with you but he feels he has already fulfilled his contract obligations,” Buddy whimpered.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

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

And Lorne’s agent said to NBC, “You begged him to come back, you can’t do this to him.”

From Salon Jul. 5, 2026

I whispered to Togbe and begged him to come and take me away.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

“I’m asking you, begging you, to do the right thing now,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

US television star journalist Savannah Guthrie made an emotional appeal Saturday for anyone with information about her mother's disappearance to come forward, saying "we are begging for help" six months after the kidnapping took place.

From Barron's Aug. 1, 2026

"I'm asking you, begging you, to do the right thing now," she said.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

The Rams are not begging, but with training camp opening Saturday at Loyola Marymount, they’re miles past hinting.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 26, 2026

And just then, Felix looked up and saw, down the street, a homeless woman with a dog begging for change with a paper coffee cup, and he felt even worse.

From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty




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