go begging
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Despite the pay and perks, maritime jobs go begging, and it is raising national-security concerns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 29, 2025
“So I go ahead and do what people want, and I live with it. But I’m not under any pressure and I don’t put myself mentally under any pressure to go begging for record deals.”
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 19, 2023
“I go ahead and do what people want, and I live with it,” he said, adding, “I don’t put myself mentally under any pressure to go begging for record deals.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2023
The story is generally about people coming together to overcome adversity and rarely about why someone should have to go begging to avoid dying of cancer in the first place.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 17, 2022
So here I go begging from house to house.
From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads
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