siege

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Big tech players have pledged billions to its development, putting “hyperscalers under siege as AI spending eats all the cash flow; turning to debt weighs on their P/Es,” he writes.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Fertilizer is one of the critical markets under siege.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

That choking siege in July was the worst but not the first attack by an enemy that Los Angeles would be fighting long after World War II was over.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

The only way Cubans are surviving this siege is because they help one another.

From Salon • Feb. 15, 2026

Minos of Crete laid siege to his city, but Nisus knew that no harm would come to it as long as he had the purple lock.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton