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
Look out for a potential travel show at Dropout, for which his fans have begged for months.
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Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025
This begs the question however, if diatomic carbon was absent only a month earlier, how is the comet suddenly green now?
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Lolita, perhaps because of its taboo subject matter, is a book that begs to be revisited.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
Young Peter survived by theft and by begging.
—John Blake, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025
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Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025
This begs the question however, if diatomic carbon was absent only a month earlier, how is the comet suddenly green now?
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Lolita, perhaps because of its taboo subject matter, is a book that begs to be revisited.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
Young Peter survived by theft and by begging.
—John Blake, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beg
Verb
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In 2021, at the height of the pandemic, Kennedy petitioned the Food and Drug Administration to revoke authorization of COVID-19 vaccines and refrain from approving any future COVID-19 vaccines.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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In 2016, the Mans petitioned to become Natalia’s legal guardians; however, a hearing was required to determine whether Natalia was a minor or a legal adult.—
Lynsey Eidell,
PEOPLE,
12 Sep. 2025
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In a video taken by a security camera at his mother's driveway, obtained by ABC News, a federal agent can be heard asking Gamez Lira to turn off the engine and to not resist.—
Armando Garcia,
ABC News,
18 Sep. 2025
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Mary Bobenmoyer, owner and general manager of Our Town Coffee & Treats, didn’t know until a reporter asked her about it in late August.—
Anna Clark,
ProPublica,
18 Sep. 2025
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The event is meant to pray for America and help continue Kirk’s work to bring revival the county’s youth, accordinf to the event page.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Sep. 2025
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What To Know In a video posted on X on September 14, Pratt invited viewers to pray.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
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Just keep imploring the AI until the code becomes pristine.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Anyone who watched Sunday’s Super Bowl rematch between the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs could not have missed the latter’s head coach, Andy Reid, imploring the officiating crew to throw a flag on the Eagles’ vaunted Tush Push.—
Adam Grosbard,
Oc Register,
15 Sep. 2025
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McKellen beseeched the audience at the Princess of Wales Theatre.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
8 Sep. 2025
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Prayer is a basic practice of almost all religions, and what is prayer if not a beseeching of a synchronicity from God?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Beg.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beg. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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