as in siege
the cutting off of an area by military means to stop the flow of people or supplies
Germany's abandonment of the leaguer of Stalingrad is seen as a major turning point of World War II
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as in to besiege
to surround (as a fortified place) with armed forces for the purpose of capturing or preventing commerce and communication
an impregnable fortress that not even the mightiest army on earth would venture to leaguer
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Recent Examples of leaguer
Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2024
The last major leaguer that young to have that kind of success at the level was Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
—Grant Brisbee, The Athletic, 21 Aug. 2024
Jackson Holliday and Coby Mayo are big leaguers, earning their respective call-ups last week after spending the majority of the season sharing a lineup in Triple-A Norfolk.
—Matt Weyrich, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2024
Only one major leaguer was sent back to the White Sox in the series of deals that included Baltimore, Kansas City and Philadelphia, in addition to the Cardinals and Dodgers.
—Phil Rogers, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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More than two decades later, Baker has graduated from bat boy to major leaguer.
—Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2024
The last major leaguer that young to have that kind of success at the level was Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
—Grant Brisbee, The Athletic, 21 Aug. 2024
Jackson Holliday and Coby Mayo are big leaguers, earning their respective call-ups last week after spending the majority of the season sharing a lineup in Triple-A Norfolk.
—Matt Weyrich, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2024
Only one major leaguer was sent back to the White Sox in the series of deals that included Baltimore, Kansas City and Philadelphia, in addition to the Cardinals and Dodgers.
—Phil Rogers, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leaguer
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Wilson, 48, of Newton Grove, N.C., was one of several Oath Keepers who cooperated with the Justice Department’s investigation of the far-right extremist group — one of the most consequential prosecutions arising from the Jan. 6 siege.Michael Kunzelman, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
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That’s the case in eastern Ghouta, a district in rural Damascus that experienced years of punishing siege between 2013 and 2018.Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Dec. 2024
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The wealthiest man in the world used his social media platform X to amplify the unrest, and GOP lawmakers were besieged with phone calls to their offices telling them to oppose the plan.Lisa Mascaro and Kevin Freking, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2024
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In spring 2013, as the suffering and despair spread, al-Abbasi and her husband made a small but generous donation to a family from a city besieged by the government.Salma Abdelaziz, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
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Taiwanese officials said last week that China had held its biggest maritime drills around the island in years, deploying around 90 ships from near the southern islands of Japan to the South China Sea and simulating attacks on foreign vessels and sea route blockades.Chloe Berger, Fortune Asia, 17 Dec. 2024
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The underlying tensions connected to Israel’s pre–October 7 blockade of Gaza—the very tensions that fueled Hamas’s initial attack—have not been addressed.John Spencer, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
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When the decoys were left in their basic form, they were regularly attacked from below by great whites.Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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In July 2024, 6-year-old Jaxson Dvorak died when his uncle's dogs attacked him in Lorain.Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 30 Dec. 2024
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Landry is accused of assaulting and shooting the man who was in the home with the woman before leaving Fort Eisenhower.Alexx Altman-Devilbiss, Baltimore Sun, 22 Dec. 2024
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On one night, the dorm becomes the site of a massacre, with players violently assaulting each other while the guards deliberately flashed the lights on and off.Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Leaguer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leaguer. Accessed 4 Jan. 2025.
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