as in requested
to persuade someone to give you (something) for free
He spent his time trying to cadge drinks from the customers. She cadged money from her sister.
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Despite that, in July, Molina Cervantes requested dismissal of the restraining order against him, according to court records.—
City News Service, Oc Register, 13 Jan. 2026
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To cover the gap, the board requested another fee of more than $3,700 per member and raised monthly dues by $75 for a two-year period.—
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Aamir Tinwala, a middle-schooler living through pandemic isolation, begged his parents for a pet.—
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As a kid in Rochester, New York, Kane begged his parents for a dollar to play.—
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How was Twitter to plainly determine whether an amateur pornographic video featured a sixteen-year-old or an eighteen-year-old, or if that video was consensually produced or violently coerced?—
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Workers the administration couldn’t fire were coerced into leaving on their own.—
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He was asked to be the signal-caller, and that responsibility seemed to hinder his ability to read and react.—
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At just 18 months old, he was cast as baby Toby in Jim Henson’s Labyrinth, after the filmmaker asked the Frouds, who were already working on the film, if their infant could step into the role.—
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Frustration filled a special Celina ISD school board meeting Monday night as parents demanded transparency following the district's investigation into former middle school teacher and coach Caleb Elliott.—
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Oz demanded that the Department of Human Services place a six-month freeze on enrollments in high-risk providers and confirm existing providers’ legitimacy.—
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His injuries required extensive surgery and left him hospitalized for days.—
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Utilities are required by law in some states to at least consider deploying energy storage, and California has set energy storage targets.—
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Before Watson’s game-winner, Murray also conjured one of the weirdest clutch buckets of Denver’s season, scooping up a loose ball that had been stripped away from Aaron Gordon and connecting on an awkward midrange floater before the shot clock buzzer.—
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But the sight of his countrymen parading around his home office wearing shiny new gold medals conjured up some good memories for Brodin.—
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“Cadged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cadged. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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