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What does beset mean?

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Verb
  1. (transitive) To surround or hem in.
  2. (transitive) To attack, especially from all sides.
  3. (transitive) To decorate something with jewels etc.
  4. (nautical) Of a ship, to get trapped by ice.
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Problems have beset the house of Versace since its founder was murdered seven years ago.
Any rough-hewn edges that may have beset a younger Daniel Johns have clearly been filed away, softening the blow.
In a sport beset by serious doping problems, he was always regarded as a torch-bearer.
Often beset by regret and remorse they seek, but do not always find, redemption in various forms.
Giocoli claims that Nash's interpretation of game theory was beset by other difficulties retarding its acceptance by mainstream economics.
I saw her, beset by snarling jackals of humanity, sniffing and yelping their cruel cries.

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