siege
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Mr. Craighead wasn’t the only hero during the Nairobi siege.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
During the 1710 siege of Tallinn, for example, the disease killed Swedish and Russian soldiers as well as civilians.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
It was the longest city siege in the savage history of modern warfare.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
And there are times that place us under siege, like now, when we feel it in our skin.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2018
“But the siege will be over long before spring,” I pointed out.
From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz
Similar sieges unfolded across Syria—in Duma, Zabadani, and beyond.
From Slate ● Nov. 19, 2025
This frequently happens in sieges, such as Germany's encirclement of Leningrad during World War II.
From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2024
The tactics to enforce the sieges have also limited residents’ access to health and education, forcing one in 12 people across the country to flee their homes, the organization said.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 2, 2023
The UN human rights chief has said sieges are illegal under international law.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2023
You could calculate exactly how many power cells were needed, and sieges could be extended for up to eight hours.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
On February 28, 1993, law enforcement sieged Mount Carmel Center ranch, the compound that belonged to Koresh and his religious cult.
From Salon ● Mar. 24, 2023
Now, Yedlin has a baby daughter named Seneca — which is also a nod to the Roman philosopher and predominantly Black village sieged in the 1800s to build Central Park in New York.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 15, 2022
“There is quite a lot of people still remaining in the absolutely sieged city of Mariupol in some inhumane conditions,” he said during a video briefing.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 4, 2022
Over these past weekends, many of my friends have attended medical first aid courses, survival courses on how to survive in an occupied or sieged city.
From Slate ● Feb. 18, 2022
The city's sieged, and thou thus chain'd In airy fetters of a lady's love!
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 by Robert Dodsley
It has also levied some sanctions on those doing the sieging.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 24, 2022
What could such tender creatures have done at such a place as the sieging of Charlestown?
From Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency by John Pendleton Kennedy
But Clive's keen eyes discerned stuff for better things than the sieging of Indian forts in the young volunteer.
From A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III by Justin McCarthy
The admiral's power exceedeth the king's," wrote Cecil to Nicholas White: "he is sieging of Poitiers, the winning or losing whereof will make an end of the cause.
From History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 by Henry Martyn Baird
Italy, all but some sieging of strong-places, may be considered as lost for the present.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 09 by Thomas Carlyle
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