siege
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While other memoirists have described the concentrated essence of Soviet life as that of a prison camp, Freidenberg discovered it in the siege—“the siege of the human being,” as she put it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
"I didn't even move for the English when they colonised us," she told AFP through a toothless smile, a year after the army broke the siege, and 70 after the British occupation of Khartoum ended.
From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026
That quickly evolved into a full blackout, Suleiman says, which was reinforced when the RSF laid siege in May 2024.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
These are not isolated stories; they reflect a system under siege.
From Salon • Apr. 11, 2026
Nabis, Prince of the Spartans, withstood a siege by all of Greece and by one of Rome’s most victorious armies, and he defended his native city and his own state against them.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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