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beleaguer

[ bih-lee-ger ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to surround with military forces.
  2. to surround or beset, as with troubles.

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beleaguer

/ ²úɪˈ±ô¾±ËÉ¡É™ /

verb

  1. to trouble persistently; harass
  2. to lay siege to
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of beleaguer1

First recorded in 1580–90; be- + leaguer 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of beleaguer1

C16: from be- + leaguer 1
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The director of “A Beautiful Mind†— a former child star — was playing himself in Apple TV+’s Hollywood comedy, created by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, about a beleaguered executive portrayed by Rogen.

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Till now she had not used that sizeable bloc to attempt to bring down the government of the beleaguered prime minister Francois Bayrou, who struggles on despite having no majority.

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County’s beleaguered juvenile halls gained a spotlight last year after The Times published video footage showing officers standing by as at least six youths took turns pummeling a teenager inside Los Padrinos.

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Zelensky offered the olive branch a day after Trump paused all military aid to the beleaguered US ally.

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The idea is to pare back the number of barred owls — which originally hail from the Eastern U.S. — to give the beleaguered spotted owls a fighting chance on their home turf.

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