siege
Example Sentences
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Los Angeles is a hot spot in a nationwide wave of copper thefts as prices for the metal sit near record highs, leaving telecommunications companies under siege.
But maybe that's what this Scottish side needs – a siege mentality.
From BBC
UK special forces troops who served in Sarajevo during the siege have told the BBC the allegations are an "urban myth".
From BBC
This strange city, constructed on a vast scale in secret less than 20 years ago, symbolises the siege mentality of Myanmar's military rulers.
From BBC
The April 19, 1995, massacre at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City — the second anniversary of the Waco siege’s end — was an outgrowth of the Waco siege, federal officials said then.
From Washington Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
