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as in to attack
to surround (as a fortified place) with armed forces for the purpose of capturing or preventing commerce and communication
armies besieged the city for six months before it finally surrendered
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2
as in to plague
to cause persistent suffering to
a family besieged by worries about the faltering economy
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3
as in to beg
to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner
bereaved parents continued to besiege the president with pleas to end the war
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Recent Examples of besiege
The city has for months been besieged by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a rebel group that took up arms against the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) in April 2023.
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Richard Roth, CNN, 21 Sep. 2024
In Dagestan, protesters blocked a highway and besieged military personnel at the local draft office.
—Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024
Kamal Adwan was besieged and raided by Israeli forces a year ago.
—Wafaa Shurafa and Bassem Mroue, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
The site was the place where Trump spoke to the crowd that then went to besiege the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2024
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Richard Roth, CNN, 21 Sep. 2024
In Dagestan, protesters blocked a highway and besieged military personnel at the local draft office.
—Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024
Kamal Adwan was besieged and raided by Israeli forces a year ago.
—Wafaa Shurafa and Bassem Mroue, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
The site was the place where Trump spoke to the crowd that then went to besiege the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2024
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Videos later emerged showing the friends physically attacking Robinson, but the FBI never charged anyone or made any arrests in the case.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Ukraine has allegedly repeatedly attacked this air base with drones, including as recently as mid-September.William M. Moon, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2024
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Such charitable works can go a long way toward addressing the physician shortages that plague much of the country — and improving access to health care in the process.Sally C. Pipes, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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Goldberg's words come over a year after The View began an unrelenting battle with gaseous entities, following a horrific water spillage (and mysterious fart noise of unknown origin) that plagued the Hot Topics table in January 2023.EW.com, EW.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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Whoopi Goldberg begs for it Georgia NAACP president warns against election interference; says voter suppression happening now Joe Rogan endorses Donald Trump, praises Elon Musk: Watch Will Trump or Harris win?The Hill, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
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Finally, as Chairwoman Tanya Lewis said, the tribe wrote letters begging the government for some land.Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 4 Nov. 2024
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Mordecai Sheftall, who lived in Georgia, was one of the few people there who had pledged to resist the Coercive Acts: Britain’s efforts to blockade Boston and place Massachusetts under military rule after the Boston Tea Party.Adam Jortner, The Conversation, 18 Oct. 2024
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Second, to remind us of the Blacks’ strategy of blockading the Gullet — that vast stretch of dark water separating the Narrow Sea from Blackwater Bay and, beyond it, the ports of King’s Landing.Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 16 June 2024
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All are also played by Banderas and all are equally afflicted with gold fever, an unquenchable desire to find El Dorado and the golden treasures the Incas were rumored to have left behind somewhere in the region.Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Nov. 2024
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They would be thrust into the middle of a hidden crisis afflicting the conservative Christian community.John Blake, CNN, 3 Nov. 2024
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But Michael Fields, president of Advance Colorado, the conservative group that petitioned the amendment on the ballot, has denied claims that the measure would have led to a voucher program.Jessica Seaman, The Denver Post, 5 Nov. 2024
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That is the total number of daily $1 million payouts the super PAC has awarded to petition signees so far, with the latest recipient being a resident of Griffin, Georgia.Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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Sprawling cities in the South and Southwest emerged seemingly overnight, while new suburbs encircled older metropolises in the North.David Zipper, Vox, 13 Nov. 2024
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As further evidence of its oddity, Triton encircles its parent in the opposite direction compared with the other moons.Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
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Christians represent a large and powerful majority of the U.S. population, making any claims that Christians are being persecuted in this country laughable.Donovan McAbee, TIME, 28 Oct. 2024
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Additionally, some immigrants, even those convicted of serious crimes, can have their deportation deferred if immigration judges determine they would likely be tortured or persecuted in their home countries.Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 30 Sep. 2024
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“Besiege.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/besiege. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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