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beleaguered

[bih-lee-gerd] / bɪˈli gərd /


ADJECTIVE
surrounded
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK


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Now the beleaguered food maker hopes marketing can power a turnaround.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

At stake is the survival of the Santa Monica Mountains’ isolated, beleaguered mountain lion population, which is listed as threatened.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

The fighting in Yemen has in recent weeks become the most active front of the wider regional conflict, which for months has seen violence repeatedly shift focus across the beleaguered Middle East.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

“The hard part is to avoid the temptation of a beleaguered explanation,” Lundquist says.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

The man blew the candle out and the darkness descended and the man’s hand closed more tightly around Despereaux and Despereaux felt his beleaguered heart start up a crazy rhythm of fear.

From "The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread" by Kate DiCamillo


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