beset
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But it had been beset by corruption allegations and was on the brink of insolvency.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
But in recent years it has been beset by scandal.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
The company was beset by problems, most of them linked to Jobs’s perfectionism—which, let loose in a company that he now owned and controlled, was in danger of driving the entire enterprise into the ground.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Both moves come as American consumers are beset by concerns about the housing market, including rising mortgage rates and affordability.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
As the day drew closer, Dede was beset by doubts, particularly when she thought about her boys.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
Researchers have now gained new insights into how that water pollution is creating air pollution that besets nearby communities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2025
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
First, it emphasizes that even the MCU isn't free from the class conflict that besets the real world.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2019
Plenty of cloud, literal and metaphorical, besets the way of those whose lives are cast yonder.”
From Dorrien of Cranston by Bertram Mitford
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
“We need to eradicate the sticky deflationary mindset besetting households and companies,” the report said, adding the government must work closely with the BOJ to achieve sustained wage growth.
From Reuters ● Aug. 29, 2023
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
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