besieged

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Cities that tried to leave the league were besieged, their ships were confiscated and the payments they channeled to Athens were increased.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

"They're still besieged -- completely encircled. They aren't allowed to bring in any humanitarian aid, including the aid we're trying to deliver," Sheikh Mowafaq Tarif told AFP in an interview this week.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

In May, a U.S.-backed operation extracted five of Machado’s aides who had been living in a besieged Argentine diplomatic residence in Caracas and flew them to U.S. soil, along with the opposition leader’s mother.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025

Steven Skybell, magnificent in the role of the besieged patriarch, led a superb cast that brought a new understanding to an old chestnut through the force of Yiddish language and culture.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025

Tins hole commanded the outer doors of the tower, of which there were two, and people could drop stones through it when they were besieged.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White