privation
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After a childhood of privation, Zhang Xin educated herself abroad and rode China’s real-estate boom to become a billionaire.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
To be united for prayer again "is an indescribable feeling after two years of privation", Ghalid al-Nimra told AFP at Gaza City's Sayed Hachem mosque.
From Barron's • Oct. 17, 2025
Mr. Mixner, born three days apart from Mr. Clinton and raised in similar rural privation, met the future president when they were in their early 20s.
From New York Times • Mar. 12, 2024
Michelle Dowd was taught how to survive in L.A.’s mountains by a family cult built around privation.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2023
He was as ragged as a rock star, but his missing teeth and the unhealthy pallor of his skin spoke eloquently of a life of privation and despair.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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