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In recent years it has been beset with problems, with an inspection concluding last year that 44% of prisoners felt unsafe, external.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

As Mr. Higham notes, our understanding of the transformation of Roman Britain into England is beset by problems of evidence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

Over the course of a few days, this bashful teen, always armed with her camcorder and far less free-spirited than her cousins, will be beset by her father’s feuding family.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

But the procurement project was beset by repeated delays, that pushed back the frigates expected entry into service.

From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026

The whole situation is beset with questions for which there are at present no satisfactory answers.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

The accounts of ramming must also be seen through the panic that naturally besets humans when they encounter such enormous animals.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 28, 2023

Mr Vance credits that stability with his success in lifting himself out of the poverty that besets the Appalachians.

From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2021

The logistical confusion that sometimes besets the narrative, splintering outward even as it barrels toward its grim conclusion, is matched by creeping undercurrents of doubt and anxiety at every turn.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2021

First, it emphasizes that even the MCU isn't free from the class conflict that besets the real world.

From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2019

But no sooner has Garcilasso rebuked the Spaniards and their method, than he hastens to illustrate by his own example another difficulty that besets us in our search for evidence of myths.

From Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Lang, Andrew

The mood among German consumers continues to darken as the pressures besetting Europe’s largest economy take their toll on sentiment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2025

The findings suggest kids have been caught in the crossfire of simultaneous immigration and housing crises besetting the city.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2023

He also followed up on prior deals to provide arms and training to regional powers while adroitly sidestepping the deadly frictions currently besetting the Middle East.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 26, 2023

“We need to eradicate the sticky deflationary mindset besetting households and companies,” the report said, adding the government must work closely with the BOJ to achieve sustained wage growth.

From Reuters ● Aug. 29, 2023

However, the difficulties besetting our task are so great that we cannot hope for more than tentative and incomplete answers.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson