besieged
Example Sentences
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The number of hours a falcon has flown at Ford Motor’s Hermosillo, Mexico plant after pigeons besieged the facility, posing a health risk to workers and disrupting daily operations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Others floated conspiracy theories accusing the mysterious “they” of trying to “control” Clavicular, or claiming he is besieged with “women trying to ruin his life with rumors.”
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026
During the four-week trial, female fans besieged Flynn.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
He describes how leaving felt like a movie where someone boards the last helicopter flight out of a besieged city.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Colonel Gerineldo Márquez, besieged by pressures of all kinds, left his bed of a paralytic in order to persuade his former companion in arms.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
