Beg
Beg verb - To make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner.
Usage example: she begged her husband to give up extreme skiing
Claim
Claim verb - To have as a requirement.
Usage example: caring for her three small children claims virtually all of her time
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Title Drop: The last sentence of the opening cutscene:Narrator: I beg you, return home, claim your birthright, and deliver our family from the ravenous clutching shadows of the darkest dungeon.
Source: Videogame / Darkest Dungeon -
Proper Lady: Karako likes to claim she is one — most people beg to differ.
Source: Manga / Deadman Wonderland -
Moffat made them more into shifty politicians exploiting recession fears - under him Daleks have a complicated parliamentary democracy, find hatred beautiful, and claim to care about their people but beg for personal mercy.
Source: Era-Specific Personality
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