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Inglewood Unified was beset by financial crisis and low academic achievement when the state took control in 2012 as a condition of a $29 million emergency loan to keep the school system afloat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

In recent years it has been beset with problems, with an inspection concluding last year that 44% of prisoners felt unsafe, external.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

As Mr. Higham notes, our understanding of the transformation of Roman Britain into England is beset by problems of evidence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

But the procurement project was beset by repeated delays, that pushed back the frigates expected entry into service.

From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026

“I have quarreled with my father and Laertes, who suspect our love and doubt your good intentions. They have been watching me. I feel like a deer beset by hounds!”

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

A similar problem besets Georgia's On Replay – a generic club track with a tra-la-la chorus.

From BBC ● May 8, 2026

The accounts of ramming must also be seen through the panic that naturally besets humans when they encounter such enormous animals.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 28, 2023

The logistical confusion that sometimes besets the narrative, splintering outward even as it barrels toward its grim conclusion, is matched by creeping undercurrents of doubt and anxiety at every turn.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2021

While armed conflict besets much of the country, Beileh’s ministry and al-Shabab now compete over the most basic function of governance: to collect revenue and provide services.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 30, 2019

I have yielded to the worst temptation that besets a novelist—the temptation to begin with a striking incident without counting the cost in the shape of explanations that must and will follow.

From How to Write a Novel A Practical Guide to the Art of Fiction by Anonymous

Both mother and daughter reflect on the troubles besetting their own family, as the mother tries to write a novel.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026

The mood among German consumers continues to darken as the pressures besetting Europe’s largest economy take their toll on sentiment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2025

The findings suggest kids have been caught in the crossfire of simultaneous immigration and housing crises besetting the city.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2023

He also followed up on prior deals to provide arms and training to regional powers while adroitly sidestepping the deadly frictions currently besetting the Middle East.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 26, 2023

However, the difficulties besetting our task are so great that we cannot hope for more than tentative and incomplete answers.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson