beleaguerment

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He needs to drop out before he reaches medically dangerous levels of beleaguerment.

From Slate • Nov. 16, 2021

Many experts agree that man for man and dollar for dollar, the Israelis have the best intelligence service in the world—possibly because of their sense of community and beleaguerment.

From Time Magazine Archive

The U.N. action served only to increase Israel's sense of isolation and beleaguerment.

From Time Magazine Archive

Finally came war, with Lexington and Bunker Hill, and beleaguerment by the colonial army; until on the 17th of March 1776 the British were compelled by Washington to evacuate the city.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various

But, as the Americans had neither the men nor the material for a regular siege, they were obliged to confine themselves to a mere beleaguerment, with the chance of taking Quebec by assault.

From The Father of British Canada: a Chronicle of Carleton by Wood, William Charles Henry