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
Scotland continued to ask questions of the Wallaroos after the interval, but lineout failings saw chances go begging in a frustrating start to the second half.
From BBC • Oct. 12, 2024
“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
So here I go begging from house to house.
From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads
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