famine

El Salvador, Nicaragua and Honduras, located in the so-called "Dry Corridor", all set monthly temperature records in both June and July, heightening concerns over famine.

From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026

Following European contact in the 15th century, Indigenous populations across the Americas declined dramatically because of disease, famine, violence, conflict and the rapid loss of genetic diversity.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026

This year the Dodgers’ offense has been a case of feast or famine.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026

She has recorded a cover of Famine, Sinéad O'Connor's 1994 song about one of Ireland's darkest periods, using it to explore wider questions about how Britain's role in the famine is remembered.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

It seemed the whole race of men would die of famine.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

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

India, for centuries, was wracked by famines and chronic food shortages, leaving generations to survive on meagre nutrition.

From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2025

Wars, famines, outbreaks, natural disasters … There are, sadly, many reasons why populations might be forced or feel compelled to leave their homes in search of refuge elsewhere, and these cases continue to grow.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 3, 2024

With powerful statistical models, the researchers analyzed 30,000 years of archaeological records, tracing the impact of wars, famines and climate change.

From New York Times ● May 1, 2024

If you wore special glasses you could see them spinning through the sky among the bats and homing birds—blondes, wars, famines, football, food shows, coups d’ etat, hairstyles stiff with hair spray.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy