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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
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
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
Eventually, a law enforcement officer dressed in what looked like a leadership uniform came forward to beg crowds not to stampede the entrances.
From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026
He always slept with one eye open, so in a moment he raised up and rubbed his cold nose against mine to beg my pardon for his absence.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
Which begs the question… would Shaw continue with this work if she did have a sponsor?
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 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
"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
The result is crusty, chewy and deeply satisfying — exactly the kind of bread that begs for a puddle of olive oil and a sprinkle of flaky salt.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
Mam begs the post office to take me back.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
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
Children “dropped everything, ran up to him, begged for candy and wanted to take pictures. Some children even cried and begged him for their freedom. Santa himself acted very indifferent.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 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
Also, the boy-Human had begged me to mount a rescue operation, and let it never be said that the Lord High Emperor of All Cats shrinks from a challenge!
From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth
“We’re urging, we’re begging, we’re pleading to send more resources,” Jurado said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
“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 know you have tried to do things the right way, so I’m asking you, begging you, to do the right thing now,” Guthrie said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
“Then I am asking you, Miss Podgórska. I am begging for your help. For me and my two children.”
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
