Apply
Beg
Beg verb - To make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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It reaches the point where you can apply for, say, the Barcelona job as the current Real Madrid manager and they will still beg for you to join them.
Source: Video Game / Football Manager - Verbal Tic: A running gag is the royals having some sort of verbal rule that they apply over and over again: King Humphrey, Nicholas' father (The Princess Test) habitually talks using synonyms in the same sentence (for instance, "we beg to differ or disagree").
Source: Literature / The Princess Tales
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