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The Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army is besieging the town of Laukkaing, which is the administrative capital of what is officially called the Kokang Self-Administered Zone.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 23, 2023

Elie Wiesel asks him why he is besieging Sarajevo.

From Time Magazine Archive

She is besieging London, and she wishes the American to remain neutral.

From In a Steamer Chair and Other Stories by Barr, Robert

He urged, moreover, that when an army is besieging a place no foreign troops can approach it, unless their assistance is requested either by the besiegers or the besieged.

From Pius IX. And His Time by Dawson, Æneas MacDonell

From Pan Sapyeha we have had news from Tykotsin, where he is besieging the voevoda.

From The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk