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mooched

verb

past tense of mooch

as in begged

to live by relying on someone else's generosity or hospitality without sharing in the cost or responsibility he's always mooching off of his friends, even though he can easily pay his own way

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as in sneaked

to move about in a sly or secret manner I suspect she's mooching around in the background and keeping an eye on us

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as in wandered

to move about from place to place aimlessly kids on vacation mooching about the house and looking for something to do

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Theo was not rich, and Vincent constantly complained about being broke, with not even enough money for food, and often practically begged his brother for more money.

— Joan Martelli, Time, 17 Oct. 2026
With Blauvelt's killer still on the loose, her family begged for answers.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of begged

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In 2026, Southlake Carroll snuck into the playoffs with a 6-8 District 4-6A record, continuing a playoff streak that began in 1999.

— Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Oct. 2026
On fourth-and-four — fourth-and-ballgame, fourth-and-win streak, fourth-and-dethroning Big Ten royalty Ohio State — Marsh snuck to the left edge of the end zone.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of sneaked

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Five burros were killed and a driver was injured when a herd wandered onto the 215 Freeway in 2020.

— Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
At one point, McLoughlin even snubbed Sylvester Stallone, another Kennedy Center Honoree who had wandered into the bar.

— Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of wandered

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For the past 15 years, Ishmael Butler and his cast of collaborators have drifted further and further into the outer reaches, deconstructing and reassembling hip-hop, jazz, and kosmische conventions into sprawling, proggy rhapsodies.

— Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 23 Oct. 2026
Meta stock plunged after the hyperscaler drifted into negative free cash flow, while China entered bear market territory with Alibaba’s stock dropping 6%, as investors questioned the return on its AI investments.

— Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2026

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