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beleaguered

adjective as in attacked

adjective as in surrounded

Strongest match

Weak match

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One group has organized an airplane banner to fly over the stadium before the game, with a similar message directed at the beleaguered Bruins athletic director.

"In these fraught times when Muslims in the UK can so easily feel beleaguered and unloved, what better time could there be to put things right and remind everyone of this contribution," she says.

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The business secretary and industry minister are visiting JLR on Tuesday for the first time since the cyber attack to meet with the company and firms in the beleaguered carmaker's supply chain.

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But in a shock move, a beleaguered Brown, suffering low polling ratings, appeared to bury the hatchet and appointed his former friend as business secretary, making him a peer at the same time.

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But apart from Wyle’s heroic, beleaguered doctor in “The Pitt,” you could make the case that Cooper’s turn as Jamie, a 13-year-old accused of murdering a classmate, is the year’s best nominated work.

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

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