besiegement

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Luria said that one of the probe’s primary objectives will be to identify intelligence and security failures leading up to the attack, in hopes of preventing another such besiegement of the Capitol.

From Washington Post • Jul. 1, 2021

While Collin scouts for opportunities where he can adapt to the new Oakland, Miles simmers in his feelings of rage and besiegement until they can’t be contained.

From Slate • Jul. 16, 2018

“The beginning was a complete besiegement, not allowing anything in or out,” he said.

From New York Times • Apr. 16, 2018

And for young Muslims trying to make sense of global Muslim besiegement, Malcolm’s linking of the local with the international, the struggle against racism with the fight against imperialism, is especially appealing.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 28, 2015

Gibraltar was taken, Sebastopol was taken, Babylon fell; but these walls of heaven shall never surrender either to human or Satanic besiegement.

From New Tabernacle Sermons by Talmage, T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt)