beset
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In the video, Pratt stood outside Raman’s Silver Lake home and the city-owned Getty House in Hancock Park, where Bass lives, contending both are far removed from the urban ills that beset other Angelenos.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
But it has been beset by delays, and Berlin is now weighing handing control of the project to Rheinmetall.
From Barron's • May 7, 2026
Adam Miller said Los Angeles is on a downward trajectory and is beset with problems.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
Like James Gandolfini in “Loop,” or Daniel Kaluuya in “Get Out,” or Eddie Albert in “Green Acres,” Mr. Bonneville is playing the only bona-fide sane adult in a crowd beset by mental malfunction, i.e, agendas.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
When night fell, we were once more beset by woods on either hand, and no settlement in sight before or behind.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
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