Example Sentences

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At the city council, Cotton claimed making pay concessions to the largely male bin collecting workforce could reopen equal pay issues that have beset the authority.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2025

Wildfires and floods have beset the city of about 10,000 with striking regularity.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2025

That’s because injuries have beset the unit, which looked like this to start the game: Left tackle Pole, left guard Ma’ake Fifita, center Konner Gomness, right guard Brock Dieu, right tackle Fa’amoe.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 3, 2023

Attorneys for Xcoal, meanwhile, argued that their requests for Justice’s financial information are all the more critical given media reports about the financial problems that have beset him and his businesses in recent years.

From Washington Times • Jun. 22, 2023

A goodly number of these courtiers have beset the King.

From The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc by Sue, Eug?ne