pecked (at)

past tense of peck (at)

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Verb
  • The 26-year-old has been Arsenal’s captain since the summer of 2022, but in August, Adams urged Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta to strip the Norway international of the Arsenal captaincy and hand the role to Declan Rice.
    Art de Roché, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Chad Bauman, executive director at Milwaukee Repertory Theater, urged the committee to reject the funding allocations in the hopes of obtaining more money for the theater company.
    Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • At one point, there were so many volunteers flooding the region that officials from the Red Cross Nashville Chapter begged those who were not trained in disaster zones not to hike in—and instead, began offering safety classes for those determined to help.
    Angele Latham, The Tennessean, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Her freshman feats begged the obvious question.
    Tony Baranek, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025
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“Pecked (at).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pecked%20%28at%29. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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