starvation
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Starvation in Gaza today summons up my grandmother’s stories of how her family starved to death in the Warsaw ghetto.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2025
Starvation is worst in Darfur, especially in el-Fasher, the only city in the region still controlled by the army and its local allies.
From BBC • Aug. 25, 2024
Starvation has been condemned by United Nations Resolution 2417, which decried the use of deprivation of food and basic needs of the civilian population and compelled parties in conflict to ensure full humanitarian access.
From Salon • Feb. 15, 2024
She cites the famous World War II study by Ancel Keys, known as the Minnesota Starvation Experiment, in which 36 healthy young adult men voluntarily lost 25 percent of their body weight.
From Slate • May 15, 2023
Starvation propelled aid organizations to sneak-fly food into Biafra at night since both sides could not agree on routes.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Vocabulary lists containing starvation
Africa - Middle School
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Africa - High School
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