famine

It was in Ballina where, almost 100 years after Biden's ancestors had fled the devastating Irish potato famine, a supposed curse was placed on the Mayo Gaelic football team.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

“It’s like you have a famine, and you’ve only got food for 15% of the people,” Culhane said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

Mamdani continued: “These are people who fled earthquakes, famine, war and political violence,” he said in a statement.

From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026

In that region known as the "Dry Corridor" -- including parts of Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua -- El Nino's return has triggered fears of drought and stoked concerns of famine.

From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026

King Arthur only had to deal with plague, famine, and evil knights.

From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos

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

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

From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2025

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