The army laid siege to the isolated town. From LearnThat.org.
Shalit has not been released - no siege is going to free him. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-07-01] Reference
But make no mistake Detroit is going to be under siege from the Chinese soon. From Wordnik.com. [CTV News RSS Feed] Reference
“But the perception of us being a company under siege is just not accurate.”. From Wordnik.com. [Jerry Yang Says He’s the Best Deal in Town - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
The siblings also learn that Karac Tor is under siege from the malevolent Sorceress Nemesia. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Names-D. Barkley Briggs « The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews] Reference
The only reason the word siege is used is that that's what the people inside the fort were feeling. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
Saturday, May 02, 2009 there was no severed head in a bag, nor an Australian city under siege from a pig. From Wordnik.com. [there was no severed head in a bag, nor an Australian city under siege from a pig] Reference
The story of the poet subjected to the silent siege is found in all countries and all chronicles of mankind. From Wordnik.com. [Salvatore Quasimodo - Nobel Lecture] Reference
Al-Sadr had called for shops to close and people to stay home to protest what he called a siege of Sadr City. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 31, 2006] Reference
Health Philosophy Politics and Other Rants: there was no severed head in a bag, nor an Australian city under siege from a pig. From Wordnik.com. [there was no severed head in a bag, nor an Australian city under siege from a pig] Reference
Clearly we need to continue this fight, because the laws we already have are applied intermittently and are under siege from the right. From Wordnik.com. [BROAD CAST, 8 NOVEMBER 2007: DELVING DEEPER FOR TRUTH] Reference
At stake here is nothing less than the integrity of the observing self under siege from a feminine 'I' who threatens to usurp its dominion. From Wordnik.com. [Shelley, Medusa, and the Perils of Ekphrasis] Reference
Then they divide and store away what they want for the "siege" -- the time when food will be scarcer than it is to-day. From Wordnik.com. [Germany, The Next Republic?] Reference
But Hamas had a specific objective-lifting the "siege" - which was altogether different from the objective of Hezbollah. From Wordnik.com. [The Corner] Reference
Then, or soon thereafter, began the so-called siege of Corinth. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865] Reference
But the most curious French evidence respecting the siege is the. From Wordnik.com. [A Half-Century of Conflict - Volume II] Reference
The first targets of the siege were the city's medical facilities. From Wordnik.com. [Signs of the Times] Reference
All in protest of what residents are calling a siege of Sadr City. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 31, 2006] Reference
The siege was a repetition of those of Hertogenbosch and Maestricht. From Wordnik.com. [History of Holland] Reference
As the siege was a long one, the Gauls began to want for provisions. From Wordnik.com. [Plutarch's Lives, Volume I] Reference
The fourth day of the siege was the most severe of the whole siege of. From Wordnik.com. [The New York Times Current History, A Monthly Magazine The European War, March 1915] Reference
We are now defending the siege, which is itself becoming Israel's Vietnam. From Wordnik.com. ["BANPC" via James Bow in Google Reader] Reference
We have lost his account of the siege, which is commended by Theophylact, l. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4] Reference
Therefore, the siege is a punitive measure directed at a weak and penurious population. From Wordnik.com. [Ahmed Moor: Breaking the Israeli-Egyptian Siege of Gaza] Reference
That night the memorable siege of the Residency -- called the siege of Lucknow -- began. From Wordnik.com. [Following the Equator] Reference
The siege, which is ongoing in 2009, is collective punishment according to International Law. From Wordnik.com. [palestinefreevoice] Reference
But without this platform, anyone who can defy the siege is a hero, even shady tunnel operators. From Wordnik.com. [Hani Almadhoun: The Siege on Gaza is Israel's Greatest Gift to Hamas] Reference
Toyota loyalist, has never rooted harder for team Toyota than she has since the recall siege began. From Wordnik.com. [chicagotribune.com -] Reference
He hasn't knocked him out yet, but he is going to next shot, which in a siege is the next best thing. From Wordnik.com. [From Capetown to Ladysmith An Unfinished Record of the South African War] Reference
Petersburg, though, in fuller phraseology, it might be called the siege of Petersburg and Richmond combined. From Wordnik.com. [A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: A History] Reference
To me, one of the highest triumphs of the siege is the achievement of MacNalty, a young lieutenant of the Army. From Wordnik.com. [Ladysmith The Diary of a Siege] Reference
The siege was a rallying cry for the fascists during the war and a major propaganda tool throughout their rule. From Wordnik.com. [Gadling] Reference
Their bows and slings and ladders were weak instruments against strong stone walls, and the siege was a long and wearisome labor. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic] Reference
The diary of the siege is the daily record of deeds of gallantry, of steadfastness, of a few carrying off the honours against many. From Wordnik.com. [Kościuszko A Biography] Reference
This siege, which is one of the most memorable in ancient history, commenced in B.C. 250, and lasted till the termination of the war. From Wordnik.com. [A Smaller History of Rome] Reference
I'd also like to make a brief comment about what I would refer to as the siege of Inglewood PD in regard to this particular incident. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 11, 2002] Reference
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