besiege
Example Sentences
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"We were besieged inside our house and couldn't leave," she recalls, describing how power, water and internet connections were all severed.
From BBC
At least 60 people have been killed in a drone strike at a displacement shelter in el-Fasher, a besieged Sudanese city on the brink of collapse.
From BBC
A drone and artillery attack killed at least 60 people at a displacement camp in Sudan's El-Fasher on Saturday, activists said, as the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces intensifies its assault on the besieged western city.
From Barron's
A new carbon-credit project in southern Africa wants to embrace companies’ desire for climate neutrality while distancing itself from problems that have besieged the market in recent years.
Democrats are besieged by the young and progressive, Republicans experiencing a pushing away from Israel on the right.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
