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as in blockaded
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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as in plagued
to cause persistent suffering to
a family besieged by worries about the faltering economy
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as in petitioned
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 besieged
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Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2024
These stories and traumas are hard to overstate for Israelis, many of whom feel besieged by hostile actors willing their eradication.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 6 Oct. 2024
Archaeologists have just uncovered an ancient city that the Roman army so thoroughly besieged that it was left uninhabited for nearly 200 years.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Oct. 2024
Will younger generations be interested in working in firms who have leaders with questionable morals or fields besieged by negativity and incivility?
—Joyce E. A. Russell, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Advertisement Climate & Environment Southern California is suddenly besieged by fire.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024
Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2024
These stories and traumas are hard to overstate for Israelis, many of whom feel besieged by hostile actors willing their eradication.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 6 Oct. 2024
Archaeologists have just uncovered an ancient city that the Roman army so thoroughly besieged that it was left uninhabited for nearly 200 years.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Oct. 2024
Will younger generations be interested in working in firms who have leaders with questionable morals or fields besieged by negativity and incivility?
—Joyce E. A. Russell, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Advertisement Climate & Environment Southern California is suddenly besieged by fire.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for besieged
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Military vehicles and local and state police blockaded the route into the town center.Jessica Pishko, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2024
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Gaza was already impoverished, overcrowded and largely inescapable, blockaded by Israel and Egypt for 17 years.Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 7 Oct. 2024
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The brothers also petitioned the United States District Court and United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, but were denied.Jordan Moreau, Variety, 3 Oct. 2024
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Rangel's assignment comes after defense attorneys representing the three former officers — Eleazar Alejandro, Alfred Flores and Nathaniel Villalobos — successfully petitioned to have state District Judge Stephanie Boyd recused from the case.Emilie Eaton, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Oct. 2024
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While on the ground, Evans is shot twice more with bean bag rounds and attacked twice by a police dog as Evans screams.Christian Martinez, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Roving gangs on scooters attacked and beat Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam, the Dutch capital, overnight in an outburst of what authorities called antisemitic violence.Corky Siemaszko, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
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Advertisement Hard times have long afflicted the Land of Enchantment.Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency has resumed door-to-door neighborhood outreaches in some areas afflicted by Hurricane Helene as one man is accused of making a threat against its employees.Steve Almasy, CNN, 15 Oct. 2024
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The family has begged the public to alert authorities to anyone matching the dancer’s description.Rebekah Riess, CNN, 19 Oct. 2024
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This find begged many questions for researchers about the sophistication of these ancient species.Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 16 Oct. 2024
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Footage circulating on social media showed supporters of the Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer team being chased down and assaulted on Thursday night, with one video geolocated by NBC News to near Amsterdam's central station that showed fighting on the streets between the Israelis and their attackers.Corky Siemaszko, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
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One of the women claims she was assaulted at just 13 years old while attending an MTV Video Music Awards after-party in September 2000 by a 30-year-old Combs and an unnamed male celebrity while an unnamed female celebrity watched.Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 21 Oct. 2024
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“Besieged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/besieged. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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