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beleaguerment

noun

as in siege

the cutting off of an area by military means to stop the flow of people or supplies the devastating beleaguerment of Leningrad that lasted from September 1941 to January 1944

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In the war-and-plague story of Volume II, the wartime siege of Constantinople exacerbates the extreme heat and causes the ruin of the city as well as the eventual spread of the epidemic from the battlefields to the wider world.

— Eileen Hunt, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2026
Most of the skeletons found in Stirling’s chapel had the sorts of wounds archaeologists expected to find on siege victims, like sword cuts, blunt trauma, and the wear and tear of hand-to-hand combat.

— Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 23 Sep. 2026

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There’s also little hope that a Democratic majority would confirm a Supreme Court nominee — should a vacancy arise — after then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s blockade of Merrick Garland during the Obama years.

— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Yemeni government forces – backed by Saudi airstrikes and a blockade of Houthi areas – started fighting the Houthis more than a decade ago.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026

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