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beleaguered

[bih-lee-gerd] / bɪˈli gərd /


ADJECTIVE
surrounded
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK


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Los Angeles County will conduct future homeless counts and apply for federal grants on behalf of the region’s homeless services providers, taking over two functions from the beleaguered Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

The beleaguered company plans to rebuild its brand around the notion of a “phytosphere”—a plant-based ecosystem—founder and CEO Ethan Brown said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

The fighting in Yemen has in recent weeks become the most active front of the wider regional conflict, which for months has seen violence repeatedly shift focus across the beleaguered Middle East.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Their high speed has caused problems for Ukraine's beleaguered air defences.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

He’d manhandle one of the beleaguered cats up onto the keyboard and coax it with a scrap of ham to walk back and forth.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly


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