besieging
- present participle of besiege.
Example Sentences
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It is a besieging of the commercial breaks of historic proportions.
From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2024
On Monday residents and medics said Israeli forces were besieging hospitals and shelters for displaced people.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2024
The FBI was called in, military advisers were consulted and we had the nearly three-month spectacle of the U.S. government besieging a small, apocalyptic cult movement that was armed to the teeth.
From Salon ● Mar. 24, 2023
The people running companies that deliver all manner of products gathered in Philadelphia last week to sift through the lessons of the mayhem besieging the global supply chain.
From New York Times ● Sep. 7, 2022
A similar cavalry charge of 26 horsemen routed the best troops of Emperor Manco himself, as he was besieging the Spaniards in Cuzco.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
