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beleaguer

verb as in harass, besiege

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The first approved deliveries of U.S. antipersonnel land mines will help the beleaguered Ukrainian forces retain control of vital strongholds.

Such advantages will help determine who has outsize influence in the debate over the beleaguered party’s future — and who generates the most buzz in the earliest stages of the next presidential race.

The buttoned-up, pantsuit-wearing former oncologist is not a repeat of the eager “Goldbergs” matriarch, but the character maintains the actor’s knack for playing beleaguered exhaustion for comedic effect.

The political fallout from the Scottish government's beleaguered bottle return scheme has been considerable, but the legal fallout could be equally as significant.

From BBC

He played the former president as a beleaguered road dog who has gone delirious from being trapped on an endless campaign.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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