siege

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If a monster like their father can disfigure God, doesn’t his existence pose a threat to a world already under siege?

From Salon • May 19, 2026

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are to make a film based on a true story of British troops under siege during the Afghanistan war.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

Since the January 2025 fire siege, roughly 20% of surviving street trees have gone missing, according to preliminary results from a University of California research team.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

The most moving passages in the diaries chronicle her life during the 900-day German siege of Leningrad, which subjected those who remained in the city to the evils of both totalitarianisms.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

By November, the Russians had advanced into the wilds of the Carpathian Mountains, where they laid siege to the key Austrian fortress of Przemysl, now in Poland.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman