1
as in to plague
to cause persistent suffering to
he's been beset by a lack of self-confidence virtually his entire life
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2
as in to attack
to take sudden, violent action against
the unsuspecting tourists were suddenly beset by robbers
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Recent Examples of beset
The scheme follows a similar scam that beset fans of Johnny Depp, who warned on social media earlier this month that online scammers were using his likeness to target fans.
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Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 14 Jan. 2025
Gouveia is hopeful that in a world increasingly beset with trouble, more of us can find wonder — and enchantment — in the challenge.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 12 Jan. 2025
There was one person former City Manager John Shirey sought to understand a Sacramento beset by economic downturns in 2011.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 12 Jan. 2025
The new record comes as little surprise after a year beset by extremes.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 10 Jan. 2025
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Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 14 Jan. 2025
Gouveia is hopeful that in a world increasingly beset with trouble, more of us can find wonder — and enchantment — in the challenge.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 12 Jan. 2025
There was one person former City Manager John Shirey sought to understand a Sacramento beset by economic downturns in 2011.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 12 Jan. 2025
The new record comes as little surprise after a year beset by extremes.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 10 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beset
Verb
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David in particular can’t seem to understand why Benji is so consistently plagued by suffering.—
Rachel Handler,
Vulture,
23 Jan. 2025
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The planning for the bill has already been plagued by GOP division over demands for substantial spending cuts, disagreements about a one- or two-bill strategy, and other matters.—
Emily Brooks,
The Hill,
21 Jan. 2025
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On Wednesday, gunmen attacked a checkpoint near Jableh, killing two members of the new government’s security force.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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The Chargers have the space to potentially attack the top of the market at this position.—
Daniel Popper,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
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What afflicts the great star of the court can equally afflict the great star of the quad.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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Among them was the plight of Marie Freyre, a 14-year-old afflicted with cerebral palsy and seizures who died within 24 hours of a long, bumpy ride from a Tampa hospital to the Golden Glades nursing home, ordered despite objections from her family.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
17 Jan. 2025
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He was scheduled for trial in March on 15 counts, including felony offenses of assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers with a deadly or dangerous weapon and obstruction of law enforcement during a civil disorder.—
Danielle Battaglia,
Charlotte Observer,
22 Jan. 2025
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Riddle, though, worried about the message the executive action sends to those convicted of assaulting police officers.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
22 Jan. 2025
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Netanyahu is far more popular in Israel now than before the war and the Egyptian leader, who has viciously persecuted its parent organization, the global Muslim Brotherhood, has been reprieved by Western creditors in reward for maintaining a stony silence over Gaza.—
Max Rodenbeck,
TIME,
17 Jan. 2025
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The facts of the complex historical matter are somewhat simplified and compressed, but care is taken to inform the viewer — briefly — that the Mormons were persecuted in Missouri and Illinois and that church founder Joseph Smith was assassinated, to give some background to their defensiveness.—
Robert Lloyd,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Next, a spate of inflation raided American pocketbooks.—
Ana Swanson,
New York Times,
19 Jan. 2025
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Related Articles Grading The Week: CSU Rams, Jay Norvell got welcome transfer portal mojo, raiding Ohio State, Baylor after rough start to January Keeler: Sean Payton says Broncos would’ve beaten Chiefs, Patrick Mahomes in playoffs.—
Sean Keeler,
The Denver Post,
18 Jan. 2025
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Alawites have become a community besieged, set to be excluded — if not persecuted — by the Sunni political class now in ascendance.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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Russian field armies are besieging the city of Pokrvosk just south of Kurdyumivka and also besieging the city of Chasiv Yar north of Kurdyumivka.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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The Blakes are a humble family and the idea of her dad blowing past security to storm the court had Mikayla cracking up.—
Grace Raynor,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
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Hours into his presidency, Trump issued 1,500 pardons of defendants who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, to stop the certification of the 2020 election.—
Lisa Hagen,
Hartford Courant,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Beset.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beset. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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