besieging
Example Sentences
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This week’s ruling is the latest development in the long-running legal saga, which launched in the wake of resident complaints that the autonomous vehicle company’s round-the-clock operation was besieging them with noise, light and traffic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
It is a besieging of the commercial breaks of historic proportions.
From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2024
On Monday residents and medics said Israeli forces were besieging hospitals and shelters for displaced people.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2024
The FBI was called in, military advisers were consulted and we had the nearly three-month spectacle of the U.S. government besieging a small, apocalyptic cult movement that was armed to the teeth.
From Salon ● Mar. 24, 2023
She did not have a chance to respond, because we were at her house, and she was more interested in besieging her father with questions.
From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech
