as in to petition
to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner
she begged her husband to give up extreme skiing
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Recent Examples of beg
The titles beg you to click: Deep Cerebral Penetration.
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Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 12 Mar. 2025
The booing at the mention of Huizenga’s name was so hateful that an embarrassed Marino had to beg it to stop.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 10 Mar. 2025
Cal Fire captain begged for mercy during slaying captured on video, officials say.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2025
My agent was the one who pretty much begged me to just go out and try it and audition.
—Katie Arnold-Ratliff, Curbed, 27 Feb. 2025
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Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 12 Mar. 2025
The booing at the mention of Huizenga’s name was so hateful that an embarrassed Marino had to beg it to stop.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 10 Mar. 2025
Cal Fire captain begged for mercy during slaying captured on video, officials say.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2025
My agent was the one who pretty much begged me to just go out and try it and audition.
—Katie Arnold-Ratliff, Curbed, 27 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beg
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Her adoptive parents, Kristine Barnett and Michael Barnett, petitioned a court in Marion County, Indiana, to change the child's date of birth from 2003 to 1989.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
20 Mar. 2025
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Immigration authorities are holding the 30-year-old in Louisiana and his lawyers have petitioned for him to be returned to New York City.—
Matt Lavietes,
NBC News,
15 Mar. 2025
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Johnson-Roberson says for all the incredible skills displayed by chatbots, the task they're asked to do is relatively simple — look at what a human user types and then try to predict the next words that user wants to see.—
Geoff Brumfiel,
NPR,
17 Mar. 2025
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Ivy Nile Chad Gable hit the ring in a full suit and Michael Cole, who still believes Chad Gable was under the Lucha mask last week, asked Gable where his Lucha mask was.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
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On Wednesday, the pontiff spent time following spiritual exercises in the Vatican, receiving the Eucharist, praying and completing physical therapy.—
Elizabeth Pritchett,
Fox News,
13 Mar. 2025
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For [so many] of the younger generation of Iranians … their hero was Netanyahu … Everyone was talking about the U.S. elections … hoping and praying that Donald Trump would win.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
12 Mar. 2025
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In January, more than 400 Post journalists signed a letter imploring Bezos to meet them about their concerns.—
Ashley Belanger,
Ars Technica,
20 Mar. 2025
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Aldermen Ervin and Jeanette Taylor circulated a letter last Wednesday reiterating that demand, imploring Martinez to pay the pension payment.—
Jake Sheridan,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Mar. 2025
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Eyes abound, actually, staring out from the stars and stripes as if beseeching its audience to bear witness to this unprecedented union.—
Tessa Solomon,
ARTnews.com,
3 Sep. 2019
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TikTokers are beseeching us to get off the treadmill and into the weight room.—
Mark Jannot,
Outside Online,
24 Feb. 2022
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“Beg.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beg. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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