beg
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"I don't ask you, I beg you to be brave and consistent," Sánchez said, moments before the two votes took place.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
“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
“Don’t tell me, don’t tell me!” you beg.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
“We beg you now to return our mother to us, so that we can celebrate with her. This is the only way we will have peace.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
Kids who didn’t have dogs thought he might come when somebody called him, or sit up and beg, or roll over, or fetch papers.
From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson
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
Which then begs the question: why would Modi say something on the war so publicly?
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
“Hey There Little Insect,” an impish folk-rocker, begs bugs not to bite, incorporating Bo Diddley’s signature clave rhythm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Sara begs, “Mama, please. We talked about this! Can’t we have normal American sides? Stuffing. Cranberry sauce.”
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
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
Zhou begged Simpson to reconsider, according to emails included in court filings.
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 go,” said Ida as she wiped tears from her eyes.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
Perhaps Mitchell and Webb's best known sketch, which sees them both dressed as Nazis while begging the question: "are we the baddies?"
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 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
“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
“He’s begging us to eat him!” said a troll.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
