beg the question
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“It will beg the question of the senior staff, why are you here? Why do we need to promote you? Why do you need a raise when you’re flaunting things like that?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 7, 2026
Disney’s initial skepticism and the scene’s sheer impact on food both beg the question: How did one of the messiest foods imaginable become shorthand for romance?
From Salon ● Feb. 14, 2026
The recent mishaps do beg the question, what is set piece coach Carlos Fernandes, who accompanied Amorim from Sporting, actually doing?
From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2024
Yet they beg the question: Wouldn’t it be easier to ditch milk, cheese, and beef for plant-based alternatives?
From Scientific American ● Nov. 7, 2023
This might seem to beg the question of how the ball got rolling in the first place—the ‘first cause’.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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