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
Elkana is crying out for help, begging us not to forget him in the tunnel hell.
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Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
This begs the question: Is there a feasible way forward?
—Tim Clark, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
The matchup already was well in hand, begging the question of why USC coach Lindsay Gottlieb risked further injury by playing Watkins.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2025
According to Michael Barnett, their response to these incidents included begging the police to arrest their 7-year-old; police declined.
—Aja Romano, Vox, 21 Mar. 2025
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Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
This begs the question: Is there a feasible way forward?
—Tim Clark, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
The matchup already was well in hand, begging the question of why USC coach Lindsay Gottlieb risked further injury by playing Watkins.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2025
According to Michael Barnett, their response to these incidents included begging the police to arrest their 7-year-old; police declined.
—Aja Romano, Vox, 21 Mar. 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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The Sheriff’s Department asked anyone with information about the incident to call the homicide bureau at (323) 890-5500.—
Dakota Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Mar. 2025
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Netflix romances are an ideal launching pad for internet boyfriends — just ask Glen Powell.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
29 Mar. 2025
Verb
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In Argentina’s capital, a video showed a framed photograph of the pope at a Buenos Aires church on Saturday as worshippers attended a mass to pray for his health.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN,
22 Mar. 2025
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Georgia and Georgia Tech fans should put aside the rivalries and pray for a Peach State sweep of March Madness this year.—
Thomas Wheatley,
Axios,
18 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 4 Apr. 2025.
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