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beset

[bih-set] / bɪˈsɛt /


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The major contemporary art gathering, dubbed “the Olympics of the art world,” is beset with drama and geopolitical froideur.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

But it has been beset by delays, and Berlin is now weighing handing control of the project to Rheinmetall.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

Like James Gandolfini in “Loop,” or Daniel Kaluuya in “Get Out,” or Eddie Albert in “Green Acres,” Mr. Bonneville is playing the only bona-fide sane adult in a crowd beset by mental malfunction, i.e, agendas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Winger Solly March, 31, another long-serving player beset by serious knee injuries, has struggled for game time in the past three campaigns.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

My course, which for a while had looked so clear and hopeful, seemed likely to become as tortuous and beset with secrets as it had been in Ehrenrang.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin




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