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sponged

verb

past tense of sponge

as in drank

to take in (something liquid) through small openings the ground quickly sponged up the much-needed rain

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as in begged

to live by relying on someone else's generosity or hospitality without sharing in the cost or responsibility she's been sponging off of her friends while she tries to land an entry-level job on Wall Street

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Leo arrived in Lourdes from Paris on Saturday night and immediately prayed inside the Grotto of Apparitions and drank from the spring.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
The share of adults who drank any alcohol in the past year fell by nearly 2%, and the share who drank heavily fell by more than 8% from 2022 to 2024, according to the study.

— Avni Trivedi, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026

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His life trajectory changed when one client, a woman in her 50s, tired of staring at the stark white demarcation line every three weeks, begged him to take her gray.

— Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 25 Sep. 2026
Her husband hurriedly shut the door and begged her to see a doctor for a tranquilizer prescription.

— Elvira Navarro, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of begged

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For us, 403 applicants became 21 hires on 422 interviewer hours, 20 per hire, absorbed by pre-committed slots.

— Pradeep Prasana Kanagaraj, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Major hurricanes are a wrench in the system when they become absorbed in the jet stream, as Polo will be early next week, so how exactly this plays out will be closely watched.

— Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026

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