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Living in a high-crime area can create a siege mentality.
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Overwhelmed by overcommitment syndrome and overcome by siege mentality, some people burn out, blame the organization, and then leave.
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Bruce Tulgan, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
At best, Farke is going to foster a siege mentality among these wingers.
—Beren Cross, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
The Giants, with their ownership’s decades-long siege mentality over territorial rights in the South Bay, had a role to play in this final result.
—Andrew Baggarly, The Athletic, 18 Aug. 2024
The United States must drop its siege mentality on immigration and start to understand it as a complex regional problem.
—Shannon K. O’Neil, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
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Bruce Tulgan, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
At best, Farke is going to foster a siege mentality among these wingers.
—Beren Cross, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
The Giants, with their ownership’s decades-long siege mentality over territorial rights in the South Bay, had a role to play in this final result.
—Andrew Baggarly, The Athletic, 18 Aug. 2024
The United States must drop its siege mentality on immigration and start to understand it as a complex regional problem.
—Shannon K. O’Neil, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
See All Example Sentences for siege mentality
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“Siege mentality.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/siege%20mentality. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.
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