besieging

Example Sentences

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It is a besieging of the commercial breaks of historic proportions.

From Slate • Nov. 3, 2024

On Monday residents and medics said Israeli forces were besieging hospitals and shelters for displaced people.

From BBC • Oct. 21, 2024

But in 1687, the Parthenon was blown up by a besieging Venetian army, and many of the works were lost.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 28, 2023

The FBI was called in, military advisers were consulted and we had the nearly three-month spectacle of the U.S. government besieging a small, apocalyptic cult movement that was armed to the teeth.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2023

A similar cavalry charge of 26 horsemen routed the best troops of Emperor Manco himself, as he was besieging the Spaniards in Cuzco.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond