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  • noun Common misspelling of sieges.

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Examples

  • Civil War, when Southern soldiers were able to live off of them during seiges from the North.

    Archive 2008-12-01 Sarah 2008

  • Rebuilding the military, and drawing back from drawn-out seiges and occupations are obviously top orders.

    AP Poll: Bush Is Both the Biggest "Hero" and "Villain" 2009

  • One, during one of the seiges, it was as if the dragon queen's army just appeared out of nowhere.

    Finished It After All: The Crimson Sword Jeff C 2008

  • There were elves, magic, a classic Warhammer monster species and all the things to be expected in a Warhammer novel - battles, seiges, death and honour, blood-soaked victories won against impossible odds.

    Archive 2008-01-01 DAVID BISHOP 2008

  • There were elves, magic, a classic Warhammer monster species and all the things to be expected in a Warhammer novel - battles, seiges, death and honour, blood-soaked victories won against impossible odds.

    My novels #17: A Murder in Marienburg DAVID BISHOP 2008

  • One, during one of the seiges, it was as if the dragon queen's army just appeared out of nowhere.

    Archive 2008-08-01 Jeff C 2008

  • But if the hard-liners feel threatened by Washington, say experts, they may encourage a Shiite insurgency in Iraq -- and a lot more embassy seiges.

    'Helpfully Neutral' 2007

  • The ancient capital of the Byzantine Empire and, afterwards, the Ottoman Empire, Constantinople (after 1930 known as Istanbul) has a long history of conquests and seiges.

    Note: Constantinople 2002

  • As long as Israel put seiges, roadblocks, invading towns and villages and controlling palestinian lives with military means under such a regime, the responsibility over the palestinians is under Israeli hands.

    Why We Need a Fence | Jewschool 2004

  • In doing this he ought to have the assistance of all necessary apparatus, maps, globes, plans of towns and seiges, military engines, and so forth.

    North Carolina Schools and Academies 1790-1840 A Documentary History Charles Lee 1915

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