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beleaguered
[ bih-lee-gerd ]
adjective
- surrounded by military forces; besieged:
The beleaguered city of Limerick, having stood to the last, finally capitulated to the forces of William of Orange.
- beset, surrounded, or overburdened by troubles:
Restoring our beleaguered oceans to health will require an emphasis on diversification and conservation, and more sensible fishing practices.
verb
- the simple past tense and past participle of beleaguer ( def ).
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of beleaguered1
Example Sentences
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.
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.
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.
Zelensky offered the olive branch a day after Trump paused all military aid to the beleaguered US ally.
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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