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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But even in a Congress filled with newcomers, the memory of 2018 (and its electoral fallout for a beleaguered GOP) should be fresh enough to keep people worried.
—Joseph Thorndike, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
But with Victoria’s Secret, Super inherited a beleaguered brand stained by upheaval and scandal.
—Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 28 June 2025
Northrop Grumman saw some fiery drama during a test of a more powerful version of the solid rocket booster that would be used if NASA’s Artemis program ever gets to its ninth launch using the beleaguered Space Launch System rocket.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 June 2025
Scheider returns as Amity Island’s beleaguered police chief, a man still forced to work with Murray Hamilton’s craven mayor, who’s somehow kept his job after keeping the beaches open during the last shark attack.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 21 June 2025
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Joseph Thorndike, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
But with Victoria’s Secret, Super inherited a beleaguered brand stained by upheaval and scandal.
—Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 28 June 2025
Northrop Grumman saw some fiery drama during a test of a more powerful version of the solid rocket booster that would be used if NASA’s Artemis program ever gets to its ninth launch using the beleaguered Space Launch System rocket.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 June 2025
Scheider returns as Amity Island’s beleaguered police chief, a man still forced to work with Murray Hamilton’s craven mayor, who’s somehow kept his job after keeping the beaches open during the last shark attack.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 21 June 2025
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“Beleaguered.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beleaguered. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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