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as in attack
a sudden experiencing of a physical or mental disorder
a devastating siege of typhoid fever hit the city
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as in blockade
the cutting off of an area by military means to stop the flow of people or supplies
after a siege of six weeks, the city of Vicksburg surrendered to General Grant and his Union forces
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Recent Examples of siege
Wars that lasted a hundred years, wars between Lutherans and Catholics and between Christians and Muslims, the siege of Constantinople, Mitteleuropa’s peasant rebellions, the lowland’s revolt against Spain, England’s conquest of Ireland.
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Greg Grandin
september 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
This is looking the most potent setup for a dry lightning outbreak in the Bay Area and Northern California since the August 2020 dry lightning siege.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
Certainly, the non-participation of Ukrainian gymnasts in international sports competitions causes some damage to the sports composition, which leaves a sickening siege in our gymnasts and coaches, who have done a great job of preparing gymnasts for competitions.
—Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Jensen helped coordinate the Bureau's response to the siege on the Capitol more than four years ago.
—Carrie Johnson, NPR, 10 Sep. 2025
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Greg Grandin
september 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
This is looking the most potent setup for a dry lightning outbreak in the Bay Area and Northern California since the August 2020 dry lightning siege.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
Certainly, the non-participation of Ukrainian gymnasts in international sports competitions causes some damage to the sports composition, which leaves a sickening siege in our gymnasts and coaches, who have done a great job of preparing gymnasts for competitions.
—Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Jensen helped coordinate the Bureau's response to the siege on the Capitol more than four years ago.
—Carrie Johnson, NPR, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for siege
Noun
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The attack came two weeks after conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated at a university in Utah.—
Anna Giaritelli,
The Washington Examiner,
25 Sep. 2025
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Poor weather and battlefield obscurants continue to endanger warfighters as adversaries rely on these conditions to escape attacks.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Sep. 2025
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Israel has enforced a naval blockade on Gaza since Hamas seized control in 2007, saying it is needed to prevent weapons smuggling.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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Gaza has been under an Israeli naval blockade since 2007, when Hamas took power.—
Chantal Da Silva,
NBC news,
24 Sep. 2025
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This action in some crowded, expensive stocks after a long and fruitful rally could simply be a bout of profit-taking and belated seasonal choppiness.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
23 Sep. 2025
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Although these bouts tend to be mild, with symptoms similar to the common cold, RSV can trigger severe disease in the very young, the very old and those who are immunocompromised.—
Liz Szabo,
Scientific American,
23 Sep. 2025
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If ingested in large enough quantities, this plant also can cause heart rhythm abnormalities, seizures and death.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
24 Sep. 2025
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Myers, who died of an untreated seizure disorder, lay on his cell floor for hours before he was discovered, despite jailers being required to check on inmates every 20 minutes.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Sep. 2025
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The initial focus was to build cases against gang bosses on racketeering, terrorism and drug charges and extradite them to the United States.—
T. Christian Miller,
ProPublica,
30 Sep. 2025
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Young adults between the ages of 20 and 44 (42%) and patients arriving from recreational activities (52% of the relatively few cases with a preceding activity listed) were most frequently seen in emergency rooms.—
Shaun McKinnon,
AZCentral.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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Spurs were clunky and predictable in possession, apart from a spell at the end of the first half when Mohammed Kudus looked too quick and too sharp for the Wolves defence.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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Michigan residents are in for another warm spell as the weather forecast shows temperatures in the 80s this week and mostly dry conditions.—
Sarah Moore,
Freep.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Siege.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/siege. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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