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Modern battlefields are increasingly urban; sieges increasingly prolonged; hunger increasingly systematic.

From Slate • Nov. 19, 2025

We stretch beyond the cathedral and onto Pamplona’s city walls, where the stone holds centuries of sieges, prayers, and heartbreak.

From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025

The UN human rights chief has said sieges are illegal under international law.

From BBC • Oct. 11, 2023

"If we cannot work because we're always suffering new interruptions, sieges, strikes or blockades, we lose strength," said Fernando Hurtado, president the region's industrial chamber Cainco, in a video message alongside other business heads.

From Reuters • Jan. 3, 2023

The beat knights had gone to perfection, leaving the wont to hold their sieges.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White