beleaguered
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After years of impasse between states, the federal government has stepped in to try to save the beleaguered Colorado River.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Tyson Foods is planning on shuttering a major beef processing plant and selling another, the latest moves by the meatpacking giant to pull back from the beleaguered beef business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
For now, beleaguered Fifa president Gianni Infantino still has some allies in world football, particularly in parts of the world where less well-off football associations have benefited from his presidency.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
The results pile pressure on the beleaguered group, which has been suffering from slimmer margins from the sales of electric cars, US tariffs and above all intense Chinese competition.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
Nothing else was heard from the beleaguered Americans, who had become known to the world as the Lost Battalion.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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