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The results included $280 million in losses on the VC-25B program for the presidential plane, Air Force One, which has been beset by delays and cost overruns.

From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026

The monument had long been beset by structural failures and leaks, and Trump has championed the project as part of his bid to beautify the capital city.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

The moisture should provide some relief from hot temperatures that have beset the area, although it will also raise humidity levels, meaning that conditions likely won’t cool as much at night, he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

In recent years it has been beset with problems, with an inspection concluding last year that 44% of prisoners felt unsafe, external.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

The Chinchorro, it seems, were beset by parasites.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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

Mr Vance credits that stability with his success in lifting himself out of the poverty that besets the Appalachians.

From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2021

The logistical confusion that sometimes besets the narrative, splintering outward even as it barrels toward its grim conclusion, is matched by creeping undercurrents of doubt and anxiety at every turn.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2021

First, it emphasizes that even the MCU isn't free from the class conflict that besets the real world.

From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2019

The law protects them from aggression, and they have none of the fear, which besets members of civilized communities, of destitution in their declining years.

From The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom by Thomson, Basil

But even jaded readers will be startled by the scope of the self-organizing tyranny besetting the book world.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 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