beset
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Stay for ’90s heartthrob Josh Hartnett, who stars as a grizzled fisherman whose town is beset by a sea monster.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
His Widow's Bay co-star Kate O'Flynn was among the other British winners, being named best supporting comedy actress for playing Patricia in the show about a fictional island beset by a centuries-old curse.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
But it had been beset by corruption allegations and was on the brink of insolvency.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
The moves come as Americans are beset by concerns about the housing market, including rising mortgage rates and a lack of affordability.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
When it is all over she begins to shiver profoundly, as if beset with an acute fever.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
A similar problem besets Georgia's On Replay – a generic club track with a tra-la-la chorus.
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
Researchers have now gained new insights into how that water pollution is creating air pollution that besets nearby communities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2025
The accounts of ramming must also be seen through the panic that naturally besets humans when they encounter such enormous animals.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 28, 2023
While armed conflict besets much of the country, Beileh’s ministry and al-Shabab now compete over the most basic function of governance: to collect revenue and provide services.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 30, 2019
If rightly used, this is an opportunity for learning of some need or temptation that besets your scholar.
From Sunday-School Success A Book of Practical Methods for Sunday-School Teachers and Officers by Amos R. Wells
Unfortunately, sloppy handling of details is one of two chief weaknesses besetting “The Epic History of Macaroni and Cheese.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
In a sign of the troubles besetting the industry, one large almond-growing conglomerate has declared bankruptcy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2024
The findings suggest kids have been caught in the crossfire of simultaneous immigration and housing crises besetting the city.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2023
He also followed up on prior deals to provide arms and training to regional powers while adroitly sidestepping the deadly frictions currently besetting the Middle East.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 26, 2023
My terror, as I lay there, of falling ill, and being unfitted for to-morrow, was so besetting, that I wonder it did not disable me of itself.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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