impoverish
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The Luddite movement, which predated the Swing Riots, was led by textile workers convinced that power-operated looms would permanently impoverish the middle class.
From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026
Botswana's president Mokgweetsi Masisi told German media this would only impoverish Botswanans.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2024
Those who fear ideas, as well as those who view life as mostly transaction, impoverish themselves and our society.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 31, 2023
Niger relies heavily on foreign aid, and sanctions could further impoverish its more than 25 million people.
From Washington Times • Aug. 1, 2023
I won’t impoverish him by marrying him but I am glad that he loves me, and I won’t try to lessen his love—I can’t do that.”
From The Triumph of Jill by Young, F.E. Mills
Vocabulary lists containing impoverish
The Suffix -ish, Part 2
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4.3: Origins and Impact of the Western European Empires in the North Atlantic (Sources 1–9)
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1970 Nobel Peace Prize Speech: “One Word of Truth Outweighs the World” by Alexandr Solzhenitsyn
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