under siege
idiom
1
: surrounded with soldiers or police officers in a siege
The city was under siege and food was getting scarce.
2
: very seriously attacked or criticized by many people
The newspaper has been under siege lately by its readers for printing a false story.
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Its objective was not to retreat from the citadels of governance but to place them under siege.
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Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2025
In this era where truth is under siege daily, journalists stand as the last line of defense.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 18 Feb. 2025
Vance painted a vivid picture of a continent with free speech and democracy under siege but steered largely clear of the conference's main topics of Ukraine and defense spending.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 16 Feb. 2025
Six months after the opposition leader Aleksei A. Navalny died in a Russian prison above the Arctic Circle, Konstantin A. Kotov woke up to find his Moscow apartment under siege.
—Paul Sonne, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
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Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2025
In this era where truth is under siege daily, journalists stand as the last line of defense.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 18 Feb. 2025
Vance painted a vivid picture of a continent with free speech and democracy under siege but steered largely clear of the conference's main topics of Ukraine and defense spending.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 16 Feb. 2025
Six months after the opposition leader Aleksei A. Navalny died in a Russian prison above the Arctic Circle, Konstantin A. Kotov woke up to find his Moscow apartment under siege.
—Paul Sonne, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
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“Under siege.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/under%20siege. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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