poverty
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Some people make it out of a childhood of poverty, or manage to avoid disaster after a prolonged splurge or a poor investment decision, and some people don’t.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026
"It is urgent to take the next steps in the recovery process to keep people healthy and avoid a spiral into poverty."
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
Sean Reardon of Stanford found that achievement gaps among black, Hispanic and white students are overwhelmingly explained by poverty, not race.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
In the UK, 16% of pensioners live in poverty, , externalaccording to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation charity.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Of the two talks Farmer was scheduled to deliver, one was for clinicians about the specifics of treating AIDS, and the other was more general, about poverty and inequality, especially in Haiti.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
Vocabulary lists containing poverty
Figurative Language in King's "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act V
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