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embattlement

[em-bat-l-muhnt] / ɛmˈbæt l mənt /




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More recent events have contributed to a sense of embattlement in the Black community.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 5, 2023

For disparate Germans to come together required a common sense of embattlement.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 7, 2022

Accurate reporting and erroneous articles alike bred a deep sense of embattlement in Palo Alto.

From New York Times ● Oct. 31, 2021

The answer, I learned in conversation with colleagues who had signed a petition demanding an apology from me, was that I had triggered the evangelical sense of embattlement.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2020

Peyton glanced around him at this compact feminine embattlement.

From Susy, a story of the Plains by Bret Harte




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