besiege

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One scene that stuck with me: As Union troops besiege Atlanta, shells are exploding, people flee in panic.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2025

The feeling of being in a great city as raging infernos besiege it but don’t quite subsume it?

From Slate • Jan. 9, 2025

"If they besiege us here, where can we go then? How long will this suffering continue? We have been displaced about six or seven times," he said.

From BBC • Dec. 30, 2024

His misdeeds follow him to a Passover Seder, where he reads the story of the plagues that besiege the Egyptians, who have enslaved the Jewish people.

From New York Times • Dec. 16, 2022

"There is no other way to besiege Riverrun, yet still, that will be their undoing. Two or three thousand horse."

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin