under siege
idiom
1
: surrounded with soldiers or police officers in a siege
The city was under siege and food was getting scarce.
2
: very seriously attacked or criticized by many people
The newspaper has been under siege lately by its readers for printing a false story.
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Tariq, who gave birth to her first child while Khartoum was under siege, has played an active role in the Emergency Response Rooms, a community group that was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize last year for their life-saving work during the civil war.
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Emmanuel Akinwotu, NPR, 6 Apr. 2025
Combined with rising prices from tariffs, household budgets are under siege.
—Bob Haber, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Trump has portrayed Musk as a patriot under siege and earlier this month made a show of buying a Tesla Model S on the South Lawn of the White House.
—Nik Popli, Time, 28 Mar. 2025
Still, Elon Musk’s Tesla dealerships are being torched, Jeff Bezos’ newspaper is under siege, and Mark Zuckerberg is trying to suppress a new book titled Careless People.
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 27 Mar. 2025
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Emmanuel Akinwotu, NPR, 6 Apr. 2025
Combined with rising prices from tariffs, household budgets are under siege.
—Bob Haber, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Trump has portrayed Musk as a patriot under siege and earlier this month made a show of buying a Tesla Model S on the South Lawn of the White House.
—Nik Popli, Time, 28 Mar. 2025
Still, Elon Musk’s Tesla dealerships are being torched, Jeff Bezos’ newspaper is under siege, and Mark Zuckerberg is trying to suppress a new book titled Careless People.
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 27 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for under siege
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“Under siege.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/under%20siege. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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