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
McInnes said his team needed a siege mentality to deal with... well, he stopped short of spelling it out but you caught his drift.
From BBC • May 14, 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
For nearly two years, Al-Shubbak watched through ancient grey eyes as Tuti, the crescent-shaped island in the heart of the Sudanese capital she calls home, emptied of its inhabitants under a punishing paramilitary siege.
From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026
He had to get his men on to Cambridge and the siege of Boston.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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