starved

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Starved of cash, advanced equipment and modern technologies to extract hard-to-reach oil, Russian production is expected to enter a slow decline in the coming years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

Starved of opportunity, he averages 29.92 across the five and a half years and has not made a century.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2025

Starved for oxygen, the surrounding nerve cells degraded, and the mutant mice were more vulnerable to stroke-like injuries.

From Science Daily • May 24, 2024

The nearest confirmed breeding population is 55 miles downstream at Starved Rock Lock and Dam.

From Salon • Jun. 13, 2023

Last year they took us to Starved Rock State Park, which was beautiful.

From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez