impoverished
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He has also spearheaded humanitarian campaigns, including the Hurricane Katrina response in New Orleans, and in Haiti after the impoverished Caribbean nation's 2010 earthquake.
From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026
Even if the regime doesn’t fall, it will be leaderless, impoverished, isolated, besieged, mostly disarmed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026
The Senate report tracked at least 25 countries that have received or made deals to take third country nationals as deportees, including remote Uzbekistan and impoverished South Sudan.
From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026
"We've seen impoverished support for SEN services, there are serious maintenance issues," she said.
From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026
I had left Howard without a degree and was living on the impoverished wages of a freelance writer.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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