poverty-stricken
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The recording has spread widely on social media and caused a strong reaction in oil-rich but poverty-stricken Equatorial Guinea, ruled by Obiang for over 40 years.
From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026
Through his Pearl Fund, he is making a difference in the lives of orphaned, fatherless and poverty-stricken young people.
From BBC • Jul. 30, 2025
I think if you take a camera into any rural area or area that's poverty-stricken, it's not gonna look pretty, but somehow we were special.
From Salon • May 19, 2024
Such vilification is proved off the mark by the fact that poverty-stricken Mississippi has relatively few homeless people.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2024
Until 1996, there was a basic understanding that poverty-stricken mothers raising children should be afforded some minimal level of assistance with food and shelter.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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