begged

past tense of beg

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Recent Examples of begged Vonnegut begged readers to choose kindness, to keep winking through the darkness. Devin Kelly, Outside Online, 3 Apr. 2025 Fans online have begged her family to give her professional tools like a PC or VOCALOID software. Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025 At the time, fans — some of whom believe her absence is due to a potential new album — begged the Blind Side star to send their messages to Hill. Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025 Starting as a way to make extra money, Price didn’t think of growing Carol’s Daughter into hair care—but her customers practically begged her to. India Espy-Jones, Essence, 26 Mar. 2025 Lennon begged her to take him back, but Ono needed the time apart. Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Mar. 2025 Some screamed, begged and prayed. Faith Karimi, CNN, 23 Feb. 2025 In that sense, this push is similar to the USL’s decision to launch the women’s USL Super League at a division one level, rather than division two, which begged similar questions about that circuit’s ambition vis-a-vis the NWSL. Jeff Rueter, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025 The ensuing days have begged a lot of questions about the USL’s intentions for the new circuit, both in relationship to the nation’s current men’s top flight, Major League Soccer, as well as its own long-standing ambition to implement promotion and relegation within the USL ecosystem. Jeff Rueter, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025

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“Begged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/begged. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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