as in petitions
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 begs
This begs the question of whether AI could be implemented to provide consistency and standardization in making such calls.
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Giovanni Malloy, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Bring in an extra cabinet Sometimes even the best kitchen organization begs for more spots to hide away items.
—Bridget Reed Morawski, Architectural Digest, 3 Jan. 2025
An old woman begs him in her foreign tongue not to go to the castle.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
But this massive, historic upset begs major questions about this team composition and potential changes that could come.
—Corey Pronman, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
Myanmar's recent trajectory begs the question of what went wrong and what Myanmar's course says about both American diplomacy and democracy worldwide.
—Derek Mitchell, NPR, 23 Dec. 2024
It's been a tumultuous start for Johnson's Ravens tenure, which begs the question as to why the team wouldn't just cut him as a sunk cost.
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
So many decisive contributions from substitutes also begs the question of whether Simeone is a master at making changes, or keeps having to fix problems with his initial selection.
—Dermot Corrigan, The Athletic, 19 Dec. 2024
This begs the question, of whether these themes have become essential to establishing any contemporary film version of Superman.
—Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2024
Giovanni Malloy, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Bring in an extra cabinet Sometimes even the best kitchen organization begs for more spots to hide away items.
—Bridget Reed Morawski, Architectural Digest, 3 Jan. 2025
An old woman begs him in her foreign tongue not to go to the castle.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
But this massive, historic upset begs major questions about this team composition and potential changes that could come.
—Corey Pronman, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
Myanmar's recent trajectory begs the question of what went wrong and what Myanmar's course says about both American diplomacy and democracy worldwide.
—Derek Mitchell, NPR, 23 Dec. 2024
It's been a tumultuous start for Johnson's Ravens tenure, which begs the question as to why the team wouldn't just cut him as a sunk cost.
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
So many decisive contributions from substitutes also begs the question of whether Simeone is a master at making changes, or keeps having to fix problems with his initial selection.
—Dermot Corrigan, The Athletic, 19 Dec. 2024
This begs the question, of whether these themes have become essential to establishing any contemporary film version of Superman.
—Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2024
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