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beleaguered

[bih-lee-gerd] / bɪˈli gərd /


ADJECTIVE
surrounded
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK


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Since the full-scale Russian invasion nearly five years ago, Poland has welcomed well over a million refugees from its beleaguered neighbor to the east.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 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

He shook hands with a now beleaguered Martin O'Neill and pretty much got out of there.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

The previous year, he had assumed command of construction of the Pentagon, then beleaguered by labor problems, material shortages, cost overruns, and miserable work conditions.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik


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