besiege

He brought with him perhaps 60,000 soldiers, along with numerous cannons, some of enormous size, to besiege the city; a newly constructed fleet patrolled the Bosporus.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

One scene that stuck with me: As Union troops besiege Atlanta, shells are exploding, people flee in panic.

From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2025

The feeling of being in a great city as raging infernos besiege it but don’t quite subsume it?

From Slate ● Jan. 9, 2025

His misdeeds follow him to a Passover Seder, where he reads the story of the plagues that besiege the Egyptians, who have enslaved the Jewish people.

From New York Times ● Dec. 16, 2022

Adah the Poor Thing, hemiplegious egregious besiege us.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

While stifling heat besieges the nation this weekend from the desert Southwest to the Northeast, coastal Californians can’t afford to be smug.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2022

In “The Shadow of the Vulture” Suleyman the Magnificent besieges Vienna, whose two champions are the carousing ex-knight Gottfried von Kalmbach and the indomitable woman-warrior known as Red Sonya.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 9, 2021

Widowhood besieges her, and “in the siege she has lost everything.”

From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2020

Ebola’s embers still glow in West Africa, and yellow fever besieges Angola.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2016

Robert, besieges castle of Northampton, 301.Flanders, influence on Hundred Years' War, 419; allied with Edward III., 421-423.Flanders,

From A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance by Frederic Austin Ogg

This is a film packed with conversation yet light on longueurs, for the director and his cast invest the dense historical speech with an alertness befitting a besieged community.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

When we parked up, I recall Wembley being besieged by ticket touts who were looking to sell.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

After word spread that a local attorney was starting a class action, residents said they were besieged by out-of-town lawyers competing aggressively for their business.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026

Now she is besieged by an array of faculty, unions and deans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Howard and Smith were besieged with telegrams and calls from jockeys all over the country.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

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

Noting that the pamphlet “is working a powerful change in the minds of many men,” George Washington had it read aloud to the troops besieging Boston.

From Salon ● Jan. 10, 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

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