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• v  call upon in supplication; entreat
  I beg you to stop!
• v  make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently
• v  ask to obtain free
  beg money and food
• v  dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted
  beg the question
  beg the point in the discussion

• I'd settle for a pageant of public shaming, in which the scoundrels must beg forgiveness and make amends; we'd claw back those bonuses, foreclose on their castles, auction their .
• He is too proud to beg.
• To beg my parents to take me to a French film, and then, coming home, to beg them to leave my bedroom door open and the hall light on, just shows you how pretentious and naive an 11 .

• implore
• pray
• solicit
• tap

News & Articles

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• Yet another YouTube funding: Bedrocket invests in Shira Lazar’s What’s Trending
  Thought there was no money in producing original content for YouTube's audience? The folks at Bedrocket Entertainment beg to differ -- and just invested in What's Trending.
  June 18, 2013 - GigaOM
• Bryden Vukasin Questions If He Should End It With ‘Bachelorette’ Desiree Hartsock
  Most contestants on The Bachelorette beg to not be sent home, but not Bryden Vukasin . During Monday’s episode of The Bachelorette, Bryden went into the cocktail party unsure if… READ ON
  June 18, 2013 - RadarOnline.com
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  June 17, 2013 - Austin American-Statesman

Quotes

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• Pope Benedict XVI in The Associated Press
  We too insistently beg forgiveness from God and from the persons involved, while promising to do everything possible to ensure that such abuse will never occur again,Benedict said.
• Mahmoud Abbas in Forbes
  Neither we nor you must beg for peace from the other,Abbas said. "It is a joint interest for us and you. Peace and freedom is a right for us, just as peace and security is a right for you and us."
• Larry Stewart in Washington Post
  Stewart said he offered the simple gifts of cash every year because it was something people didn't have to "beg for, get in line for, or apply for."