besieged
Example Sentences
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He describes how leaving felt like a movie where someone boards the last helicopter flight out of a besieged city.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
More drones followed, once more plunging the residents of this besieged city into a 21st century version of the Blitz.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2026
Both are great island nations that find themselves besieged by cranky bond markets, at risk of losing their fiscal credibility.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
In recent months, many residents have returned home to the island, besieged from June 2023 until March 2025, when the army recaptured the capital.
From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026
In about 1450 the Inka army, led by Qhapaq Yupanki, Pachakuti’s brother, besieged the city-state of Cajamarca, in the foothills east of Chimor.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
