besieged

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Even if the regime doesn’t fall, it will be leaderless, impoverished, isolated, besieged, mostly disarmed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

Abdul Karim Omar, representative of the Kurds' autonomous administration in Damascus, told AFP Aleppo's Kurdish-majority neighbourhoods were "completely besieged".

From Barron's • Jan. 7, 2026

Steven Skybell, magnificent in the role of the besieged patriarch, led a superb cast that brought a new understanding to an old chestnut through the force of Yiddish language and culture.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025

His unit has been fighting in the besieged city of Kostyantynivka.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2025

Howard and Smith were besieged with telegrams and calls from jockeys all over the country.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand