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embattlement

[em-bat-l-muhnt] / ɛmˈbæt l mənt /




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More recent events have contributed to a sense of embattlement in the Black community.

From Seattle Times Nov. 5, 2023

For disparate Germans to come together required a common sense of embattlement.

From Washington Post Jan. 7, 2022

Accurate reporting and erroneous articles alike bred a deep sense of embattlement in Palo Alto.

From New York Times Oct. 31, 2021

As an evangelical myself, for a long time I mostly embraced the narrative of embattlement.

From Salon Sep. 9, 2020

The father from the Alpine wall, and from Monœcus' height830 Comes down; the son against him turns the East's embattlement.

From The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse by William Morris




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