beleaguer

• Blog posts, open letters, and articles beleaguer the fact that Python and other languages are not truly "concurrent" and can not scale to tens of cores on the modern processor. —  Planet Python
• I find that particularly distressing, because any Jewish organization ought to realize what the film seeks to do: they demonize an entire community to the point where a government takes action to further beleaguer its citizens and resident aliens simply because of their religious identity.
• From Europe's point of view, Google's proposal to digitize the content's of America's leading libraries raises questions beyond the copyright issues that presently beleaguer the project. —  The Chicago Blog
• If that's not bad enough for PR, the return of Dr Mahathir into the realm of realpolitik - the good doctor being the only iconic constant against Umno's great generational transformations for 60-odd years - has rattled the likes of Anwar Ibrahim, Lim Kit Siang and Hadi Awang, their incessant salvos to demonise, deprecate, belittle, beleaguer and besmirch Najib careening into a shuddering fit of fury.
• Sir Loumand to beleaguer him —  Little Engel a ballad with a series of epigrams from the Persian

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