beleaguered
adjective
be·lea·guered
bi-ˈlē-gərd 
bē-
: suffering or being subjected to constant or repeated trouble or harassment
an economically beleaguered city
With its life-support system cut off, the beleaguered college has embarked on a tortuous campaign to keep going.—
Lucinda Harper
Lucinda Harper… as he evolved from conformist to opportunist to reformer to revolutionary to beleaguered leader.—Philip Taubman
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In the show, the Canadian actor and comedian plays beleaguered movie studio head Matt Remick, who must balance the art of filmmaking with the economics of the business.
—Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2026
Their beleaguered bullpen has started to turn it around.
—Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 25 May 2026
White’s actorly presence comes through in his vocal performance, lending the beleaguered fighter a sense of depressed world-weariness and poignant ennui.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 23 May 2026
All that, plus Liev Schreiber as a pill-popping philanderer named Tag, Dakota Fanning in pregnancy prosthetics, and Donna Lynne Champlin as the beleaguered detective trying to solve the murder.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 22 May 2026
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Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2026
Their beleaguered bullpen has started to turn it around.
—Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 25 May 2026
White’s actorly presence comes through in his vocal performance, lending the beleaguered fighter a sense of depressed world-weariness and poignant ennui.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 23 May 2026
All that, plus Liev Schreiber as a pill-popping philanderer named Tag, Dakota Fanning in pregnancy prosthetics, and Donna Lynne Champlin as the beleaguered detective trying to solve the murder.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 22 May 2026
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“Beleaguered.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beleaguered. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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