beset; besetting
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: to set or stud with or as if with ornaments
a crown beset with rubies
… leaves, whose edges were beset with thorns …—
J. G. Frazer
J. G. FrazerExamples of beset in a Sentence
A lack of money is the greatest problem besetting the city today.
he's been beset by a lack of self-confidence virtually his entire life
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Nearly two centuries later—while the Warren Commission did its work—the highest office in the land was still beset by pants problems.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026
But the program has been beset by complications, including the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent aircraft delays.
—Marisa Garcia, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
Many fans thought the original covers of Pratchett’s novels went too heavy on busty maidens and strapping men with big swords, undermining their literary merit, and a similar problem has beset the various screen adaptations from Sky and the BBC.
—Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 24 May 2026
Scholarly conferences have been beset by papers with hallucinated citations, and pre-print clearinghouse arXiv has recently implemented a zero-tolerance ban policy to try to stem the problem.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 22 May 2026
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Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026
But the program has been beset by complications, including the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent aircraft delays.
—Marisa Garcia, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
Many fans thought the original covers of Pratchett’s novels went too heavy on busty maidens and strapping men with big swords, undermining their literary merit, and a similar problem has beset the various screen adaptations from Sky and the BBC.
—Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 24 May 2026
Scholarly conferences have been beset by papers with hallucinated citations, and pre-print clearinghouse arXiv has recently implemented a zero-tolerance ban policy to try to stem the problem.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 22 May 2026
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“Beset.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beset. Accessed 31 May. 2026.
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