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The cancellation of flights represents a new woe for Iran’s 90 million people, already beset by high inflation and the rapid depreciation of the country’s rial currency.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

The containers, which will be housing around 2,000 of the guests and are designed to be reused as disaster evacuation facilities, have been beset by complaints.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

But it had been beset by corruption allegations and was on the brink of insolvency.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

The moves come as Americans are beset by concerns about the housing market, including rising mortgage rates and a lack of affordability.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026

On top of panic that I’d lost my friend, I was suddenly beset by worries about my reputation.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

The accounts of ramming must also be seen through the panic that naturally besets humans when they encounter such enormous animals.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 28, 2023

Mr Vance credits that stability with his success in lifting himself out of the poverty that besets the Appalachians.

From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2021

The logistical confusion that sometimes besets the narrative, splintering outward even as it barrels toward its grim conclusion, is matched by creeping undercurrents of doubt and anxiety at every turn.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2021

While armed conflict besets much of the country, Beileh’s ministry and al-Shabab now compete over the most basic function of governance: to collect revenue and provide services.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 30, 2019

I have yielded to the worst temptation that besets a novelist—the temptation to begin with a striking incident without counting the cost in the shape of explanations that must and will follow.

From How to Write a Novel A Practical Guide to the Art of Fiction by Anonymous

The mood among German consumers continues to darken as the pressures besetting Europe’s largest economy take their toll on sentiment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2025

The findings suggest kids have been caught in the crossfire of simultaneous immigration and housing crises besetting the city.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2023

He also followed up on prior deals to provide arms and training to regional powers while adroitly sidestepping the deadly frictions currently besetting the Middle East.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 26, 2023

As the small industry grappled to find new technology, it also blamed regulators for besetting it with rules the new companies evaded.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2022

My terror, as I lay there, of falling ill, and being unfitted for to-morrow, was so besetting, that I wonder it did not disable me of itself.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens