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His look of paralyzed indecision as he stares at a vast display of bath towels prefigures the dilemmas that will beset him throughout the movie.

From Slate • Sep. 14, 2018

Automation bias will beset hearing officers, making a bad situation far worse.

From Slate • May 8, 2018

After the murder of eleven Israeli athletes at Munich in 1972, the African boycott in 1976 and the current one, no one knows what problems will beset the 23rd Olympiad.

From Time Magazine Archive

And so the angels of God will beset thee round, I say round on every side; so that thou mayest indeed look, but run thou canst not.

From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 by Bunyan, John

Try to remain under control after dreaming of darkness, for trials in business and love will beset you.

From Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition by Miller, Gustavus Hindman