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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
His wife, his 14-year-old son and a marshal had been shot dead during the siege.
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Daily Briefing, AZCentral.com, 31 Aug. 2025
That includes the execution of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio in 2023 and TV journalists being held at gunpoint on live TV in early 2024, prompting a state of siege by interim and later elected President 37-year-old Daniel Noboa.
—Christopher Sabatini, Time, 30 Aug. 2025
Indonesia has released footage of its military cargo planes dropping aid into Gaza in a bid to alleviate the suffering of Palestinians trapped in Israel's siege of the enclave.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
In this reading, after nearly two years of unremitting Israeli bombardment and siege of Gaza, the assassination of Hamas’s top leaders, and devastating attacks on the group’s allies around the region, including Iran and Hezbollah, Hamas has few options left.
—Leila Seurat, Foreign Affairs, 26 Aug. 2025
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Daily Briefing, AZCentral.com, 31 Aug. 2025
That includes the execution of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio in 2023 and TV journalists being held at gunpoint on live TV in early 2024, prompting a state of siege by interim and later elected President 37-year-old Daniel Noboa.
—Christopher Sabatini, Time, 30 Aug. 2025
Indonesia has released footage of its military cargo planes dropping aid into Gaza in a bid to alleviate the suffering of Palestinians trapped in Israel's siege of the enclave.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
In this reading, after nearly two years of unremitting Israeli bombardment and siege of Gaza, the assassination of Hamas’s top leaders, and devastating attacks on the group’s allies around the region, including Iran and Hezbollah, Hamas has few options left.
—Leila Seurat, Foreign Affairs, 26 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for siege
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As aid groups say famine has already taken hold, the assault risks the lives of remaining hostages—captured by Hamas in its October 2023 attack—while Netanyahu faces mounting political turmoil at home, even as Washington continues to hold Hamas responsible for prolonging the conflict.—
Amira El-Fekki,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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Even when put under lighter sanctions in 2018, during the Salisbury chemical attack, claims of election interference, and criminal cyber operations continued.—
Earl Carr,
Forbes.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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According to Reuters, various regional authorities say the mobile internet blockades are intended to disrupt Ukrainian drone strikes.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
7 Sep. 2025
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Beijing's forces have responded to Philippine challenges with blockades, ramming maneuvers, and water cannon, raising fears that a miscalculation could draw the United States into a conflict with its military rival.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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The two dueled inside a dohyō, the circular area traditionally used for sumo wrestling bouts.—
Jonathan Limehouse,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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Sandhagen dispatched Edgar with a vicious flying knee 28 seconds into that bout.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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In essence, the court approved of what amounted to the INS’s reliance on racial profiling to seize entire workforces without individualized objective facts and rational inferences normally required under the Fourth Amendment for seizures of a person.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
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The video, shot mostly in black and white, opens with Gaga posted on a wall beside dozens of creepy dolls, with the singer emerging with a seizure-like dance that evokes the image of a corpse reanimating.—
Carly Thomas,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2025
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In addition to the main compartment, the bag has two zippered pockets in front, a rear zipped pocket, and a mesh expansion that is designed to hold a water bottle, to-go coffee mug, umbrella, or sunglasses case.—
Rachel Trujillo,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Sep. 2025
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However, amid the confusion of new strains, changing vaccine guidelines and cuts to vaccine development funding, the CDC continues to track cases, hospitalizations and deaths on a weekly basis.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
9 Sep. 2025
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For Onana, this spell will be remembered less for his ability than for the gap between promise and reality.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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The cosmos is casting a spell this September, and love is as magnetic and transformative as ever.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Siege.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/siege. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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