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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
In the face of such widespread public revulsion, the administration and its enablers have been trying to invent a terrorist threat to justify their increasingly unpopular siege of Minneapolis.
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Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2026
Christopher Moynihan, a Capitol siege defendant from upstate New York, was arrested last month for allegedly threatening to kill House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
—Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026
Exactly eleven years ago this month, Syrian Kurdish forces finally broke a ferocious, months-long siege by ISIS of the Syrian Kurdish city of Kobani on the border with Turkey.
—Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
Lost in the tragic human toll current ICE operations in Minnesota are having is the long-term damage the siege is doing to the state’s economic vitality.
—Ellen Watters, Twin Cities, 15 Jan. 2026
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Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2026
Christopher Moynihan, a Capitol siege defendant from upstate New York, was arrested last month for allegedly threatening to kill House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
—Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026
Exactly eleven years ago this month, Syrian Kurdish forces finally broke a ferocious, months-long siege by ISIS of the Syrian Kurdish city of Kobani on the border with Turkey.
—Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
Lost in the tragic human toll current ICE operations in Minnesota are having is the long-term damage the siege is doing to the state’s economic vitality.
—Ellen Watters, Twin Cities, 15 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for siege
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His June assault on Iran’s nuclear facilities had two carrier groups in the region, more there as a counter-weight to any Iranian reprisals than to be directly involved in the attack.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
31 Jan. 2026
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Senegal -- The Islamic State extremist group claimed responsibility on Friday for an attack on an air force base in Niger's capital that wounded four soldiers and damaged an aircraft.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
31 Jan. 2026
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Among the options being considered is a complete naval blockade to stop oil shipments to Cuba, Politico reported.—
Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
27 Jan. 2026
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Cuba had long relied on Venezuelan oil to run its economy, but crude shipments have plummeted since the US ouster of Nicolás Maduro and its blockade on oil tankers leaving Venezuela; Mexico is now the top oil exporter to Cuba.—
Manal Albarakati,
semafor.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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In the late 1950s, a psychoanalyst named Elliott Jaques was the first to argue that people in their mid-thirties, primarily men, could experience a yearslong bout of depression brought on by the realization of one’s own mortality.—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
29 Jan. 2026
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One of those arrests occurred less than two weeks before his bout against Hector Luis Garcia.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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The investigation has led to the seizure of large volumes of drugs, weapons and cash as well as millions of dollars in cars, motorcycles, artwork and jewelry that allegedly belonged to Wedding and others.—
Sean Emery,
Oc Register,
26 Jan. 2026
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Her struggles with her weight were amplified when she was later diagnosed with Functional Neurologic Disorder (a condition that causes seizures and cognitive problems) and borderline personality disorder (a mental illness that impacts how someone feels about themselves).—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
PEOPLE,
26 Jan. 2026
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Manhattan prosecutors urged a judge on Wednesday to set a July trial date in Luigi Mangione's state murder case in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, two months before jury selection in his federal death penalty case.—
MICHAEL R. SISAK THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
29 Jan. 2026
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In Short’s case, the flattening is particularly egregious, because the inchoate facts of her life are shoehorned into the obsessions of amateur sleuths who continue to get those facts wrong.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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Kucuk said the hotel will have more indoor activities during the cold spell, including a pop-up movie room and board games for families.—
Michael Butler,
Miami Herald,
30 Jan. 2026
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Defenders Fisk, Hannah Silcock, Gemma Bonner, Lily Woodham and forwards Leanne Kiernan and Olsson have all spent extended spells on the sidelines.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Siege.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/siege. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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