famine
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Humanitarian workers say that despite a modest improvement in Gaza compared to a year ago, acute food insecurity and the risk of famine returning continue to loom over the territory.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
The famine, Jeanna Smialek writes, “would finally change Maria Edgeworth’s mind.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
In parts of Africa, Central America, and India, drought is already strangling crop yields and threatening famine.
From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026
“As Irish people we know all too well about genocide, forced famine and violent occupation,” he wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
That same autumn, Russia was wracked by famine.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
It asserted that widespread famines and mass starvation would doom huge swaths of mankind because the world’s population was growing too rapidly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
In extreme conditions such as droughts, famines or freezing temperatures, animals activate resilience programs like hibernation instead of investing energy in reproduction.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 23, 2026
Generations before us have survived wars and famines.
From Salon ● May 1, 2025
“And there are also very few actual famines anymore, but this one is one.”
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2024
The archive reflects the human need to document every deed and directive, to place a veil of administrative tidiness over the disorder of famines and plagues and natural disasters and crimes and wars.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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