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Noun
Informed equally by Dylan, Carl Perkins, and the nocturnal shades of tango, Moris fixes his existential gaze on the homeless beggars of Buenos Aires’ industrial areas and the working class men of his generation, entrapped by societal pressures. Ernesto Lechner, SPIN, 16 Apr. 2024 But beggars can’t be choosers, and Republicans had reduced the Ukrainians to beggars. David Axe, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
Verb
His cat like reflex saves often beggared belief, and he was voted Player of the Year at the conclusion of the 2001/02 season. SI.com, 12 June 2019 Summer is made of stories: fiction that seems true, and true stories that beggar belief. John Timpane, Philly.com, 2 June 2018 See all Example Sentences for beggar 

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“Beggar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beggar. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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