embattled
Example Sentences
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We've Won It All', a gesture of support for the embattled chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
The second is unique to him: dealing with the increasingly uncertain fate of the embattled John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the orchestra’s home since 1971.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Vanderbilt and Dalton Knecht, the embattled third-year guard who has never found a solid role with the team after he was traded and returned in 2025, could be trade pieces.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
Acme’s success is the latest humiliation for embattled Warner Bros.
From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026
That was the face which, when she saw it at all, was across his own dining table—the face of a foe who did, not even know that it was embattled.
From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner
