beleaguered

Example Sentences

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Their involvement now raises the specter of another squeeze on energy markets already beleaguered by closures on the Strait of Hormuz.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

In another message, Lord Mandelson told McFadden he thought No 10 was "beleaguered and bereft".

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

Alternatives made from used cooking oil, cover crops and even captured carbon dioxide would have eased pressures on the beleaguered industry—if only there had been enough to go round.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

But the beleaguered 63-year UK leader appears to have been granted a stay of execution, of sorts, while Burnham's fate is decided in the Makerfield by-election.

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

News that Martin Luther King, Jr., would visit Durham on Thursday, April 4, 1968, boosted the spirits of a beleaguered black population in the Bull City.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson