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as in bouts
a sudden experiencing of a physical or mental disorder
a devastating siege of typhoid fever hit the city
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as in blockades
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 sieges
Which is why many Americans have begun to tire of the sieges in their communities.
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Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
22 May 2026
As in traditional sieges, the focus is on the vulnerable flow of supplies rather than a defended position.
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Vikram Mittal,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2026
However, Birru said the sieges were not fully broken.
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ABC News,
18 Feb. 2026
Now requests are arriving steadily from New York, Maine, and Milan, other locales bracing for their own sieges.
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Kathryn Savage,
Artforum,
10 Feb. 2026
Surovstev’s birthplace, present-day Mariupol, Ukraine, has endured some of the most devastating strikes and sieges from Russia during the war.
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Danya Gainor,
CNN Money,
17 Nov. 2025
Britain ultimately lost not only because of Washington’s extraordinary tenacity in the war’s several mainland theaters, but also because the king’s men had to stage long sieges, wage desperate naval battles, and take mounting casualties on too many other fronts spread too far apart.
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Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
So in the worst sieges in Syria, people could smuggle themselves in and out.
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Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
5 Aug. 2025
Mississippi’s Vicksburg is another historic hotspot, where one of the most pivotal Civil War sieges occurred at Vicksburg National Military Park.
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Paul Jebara,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 Feb. 2020
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
22 May 2026
As in traditional sieges, the focus is on the vulnerable flow of supplies rather than a defended position.
—
Vikram Mittal,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2026
However, Birru said the sieges were not fully broken.
—
ABC News,
18 Feb. 2026
Now requests are arriving steadily from New York, Maine, and Milan, other locales bracing for their own sieges.
—
Kathryn Savage,
Artforum,
10 Feb. 2026
Surovstev’s birthplace, present-day Mariupol, Ukraine, has endured some of the most devastating strikes and sieges from Russia during the war.
—
Danya Gainor,
CNN Money,
17 Nov. 2025
Britain ultimately lost not only because of Washington’s extraordinary tenacity in the war’s several mainland theaters, but also because the king’s men had to stage long sieges, wage desperate naval battles, and take mounting casualties on too many other fronts spread too far apart.
—
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
So in the worst sieges in Syria, people could smuggle themselves in and out.
—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
5 Aug. 2025
Mississippi’s Vicksburg is another historic hotspot, where one of the most pivotal Civil War sieges occurred at Vicksburg National Military Park.
—
Paul Jebara,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 Feb. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sieges
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It’s been a long 3½ years for Gio Reyna, whose promising career has been derailed by a string of injuries, bouts of immaturity and an aborted loan deal to England’s Nottingham Forest.
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Rethinking daily movement as a series of small resets — rather than a single block of exercise — can shift how your body responds to long bouts of sitting.
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Road blockades have caused shortages of food, fuel and medical supplies in parts of the country and ground the economy to a halt over the past 50 days.
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Some of that conflict has been out in the open, with bombs and blockades, but some of it has been invisible.
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The Kerch road and rail crossing, opened by Putin in 2018, has been the target of previous Ukrainian attacks.
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The first is Kryla, a compact cruise missile carrying a 50-kilogram warhead designed for saturation attacks.
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The seizures added up to about 420 grams of cocaine, $2,291 in cash, a rifle, four pistols, various magazines and ammunition, and digital scales and packaging materials believed to be used in narcotics distribution, the sheriff's office said.
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In more severe cases, neurological signs develop, such as seizures.
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In some cases the travel time was three times quicker than for Tuesday’s game.
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In some cases, positions left vacant by retiring or resigning employees were not filled.
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The former midfielder has had spells at Pisa, Milan and Napoli, in addition to Sion, Palermo, OFI, Valencia, Marseille and Hajduk Split across 13 years in management.
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Summer drownings are an annual problem that health authorities say worsens during hot spells.
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“Sieges.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sieges. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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