beleaguered
adjective
be·lea·guered
bi-ˈlē-gərd 
bē-
: suffering or being subjected to constant or repeated trouble or harassment
an economically beleaguered city
With its life-support system cut off, the beleaguered college has embarked on a tortuous campaign to keep going.—
Lucinda Harper
Lucinda Harper… as he evolved from conformist to opportunist to reformer to revolutionary to beleaguered leader.—Philip Taubman
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As the Wall Street Journal reports, the beleaguered soup company reported earnings this week that left its stock struggling.
—Chloe Sorvino, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
The jump in import taxes was the latest salvo in President Trump’s trade war, one that was praised by the beleaguered American steel industry.
—Jade Walker, CNN Money, 4 June 2025
The Black community, which had been divided over whether the Lee statue should be moved, was too beleaguered to pose much of a threat.
—Deborah Baker
june 3, Literary Hub, 3 June 2025
Those included both the beleaguered, bloated Mars Sample Return (MSR) program and the on-time, on-budget Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, the next astrophysics flagship mission.
—Nadia Drake, Scientific American, 3 June 2025
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Chloe Sorvino, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
The jump in import taxes was the latest salvo in President Trump’s trade war, one that was praised by the beleaguered American steel industry.
—Jade Walker, CNN Money, 4 June 2025
The Black community, which had been divided over whether the Lee statue should be moved, was too beleaguered to pose much of a threat.
—Deborah Baker
june 3, Literary Hub, 3 June 2025
Those included both the beleaguered, bloated Mars Sample Return (MSR) program and the on-time, on-budget Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, the next astrophysics flagship mission.
—Nadia Drake, Scientific American, 3 June 2025
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“Beleaguered.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beleaguered. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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