penury
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Penury stalked Aseel, who lived with her husband in a makeshift shack on a roof.
From The Guardian • Aug. 1, 2017
Penury has closed down Yellowstone's Conservation Data Center, leaving it unable to track the condition of vegetation and wildlife.
From US News • Aug. 19, 2016
Penury, however, is not a problem for Mr. Wai Lwin, the former defense minister.
From New York Times • Nov. 14, 2015
Penury also looms for people like Yasser, a nutritionist and personal trainer, who has earned little in the past two years.
From Reuters • Apr. 3, 2013
But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll; Chill Penury repress'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul.
From The Illustrated London Reading Book by Various
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