siege

Example Sentences

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The security forces reportedly used these for crowd control and to impose a state of siege.

From BBC

The region’s Catholic institutions responded to last year’s aggressive raids with an outpouring of charity, reorganizing many food pantries around grocery delivery and ministering directly to communities many described as under siege.

From Los Angeles Times

According to news reports, Pretti was concerned about the increasingly volatile siege of the city by federal agents.

From Salon

But as confetti showered the crowd, Allen’s role as the team’s de facto owner had been quietly under siege for some time, people familiar with the matter said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Relations with the United States were cut in the wake of the hostage siege of the US embassy in Tehran that began that year and have remained severed ever since.

From Barron's