beleaguered
adjective
be·lea·guered
bi-ˈlē-gərd 
bē-
: suffering or being subjected to constant or repeated trouble or harassment
an economically beleaguered city
With its life-support system cut off, the beleaguered college has embarked on a tortuous campaign to keep going.—
Lucinda Harper
Lucinda Harper… as he evolved from conformist to opportunist to reformer to revolutionary to beleaguered leader.—Philip Taubman
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The prospect of an Arab Palestinian state was conceived in the 1930s by British officials who contemplated partitioning their beleaguered Palestine mandate into a Jewish state (which Britain had implicitly endorsed in the Balfour Declaration of 1917) and an Arab state.
—Peter L. Hahn / Made By History, TIME, 6 Feb. 2025
The proposal would also set a minimum payment level for primary care and behavioral health services — to better shore up providers working in those fields — while directing savings from the reimbursement caps to beleaguered frontline clinics.
—Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2025
This is an aberration of progressivism — the flip side of beleaguered social media gadfly Andy Ngo, the independent muckraker who exposes mainstream media’s protection of Antifa.
—Armond White, National Review, 5 Feb. 2025
That led to delays at the airport, now known as Reagan Washington National Airport, leading to flight delays forcing beleaguered crews to de-ice aircraft multiple times.
—Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2025
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Peter L. Hahn / Made By History, TIME, 6 Feb. 2025
The proposal would also set a minimum payment level for primary care and behavioral health services — to better shore up providers working in those fields — while directing savings from the reimbursement caps to beleaguered frontline clinics.
—Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2025
This is an aberration of progressivism — the flip side of beleaguered social media gadfly Andy Ngo, the independent muckraker who exposes mainstream media’s protection of Antifa.
—Armond White, National Review, 5 Feb. 2025
That led to delays at the airport, now known as Reagan Washington National Airport, leading to flight delays forcing beleaguered crews to de-ice aircraft multiple times.
—Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2025
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“Beleaguered.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beleaguered. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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