poorer

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Public infrastructure investments, meanwhile, have been low over the past two decades, leading to delays and patchy service in the train network, with poorer Swedes feeling the bigger pinch.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Segura’s appointment also followed a Times investigation into extreme heat’s deadly toll, which found that California chronically undercounts heat deaths, and that heat impacts disproportionately affect poorer neighborhoods in Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

In some states, the transfers account for as much as half the monthly consumption expenditure of poorer rural households.

From BBC • May 11, 2026

After a decade, these patients reported more knee symptoms and poorer function.

From Science Daily • May 6, 2026

Many regarded the Sihanouk government as corrupt and self-serving, where the poor got poorer and the rich became richer.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung