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beleaguered

[bih-lee-gerd] / bɪˈli gərd /


ADJECTIVE
surrounded
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK


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The mood in beleaguered downtown Los Angeles may — at last — be starting to shift.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026

Instead, Haiti’s beleaguered population needed “dialogue, justice and reconciliation,” a process in which he was willing to take part, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

Strikingly, this comes at a time when beleaguered orchestra musicians have also been demanding a more democratically minded workplace.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

Michael Carrick accepts it might sound "crazy" but the beleaguered Manchester United boss says he is looking forward to the Champions League showdown with Roma at Old Trafford.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

He saw her as the passionate spirit of innocent youth, now beleaguered by the trick which is played on youth—the trick of treachery in the body, which turns flesh into green bones.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White


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