starve
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The glacier will starve, shrink and eventually disappear.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Environmental advocates say it would starve the Delta of needed water and threaten fish that are already in severe decline.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Joshua Kushner and his family, one imagines, will not starve.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026
However, not only do these chemicals affect the bees directly, they can also remove important plants that they rely on for food causing them to starve.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
Without grain in the silo, jars of olive oil in the cellar, cheese in the pantry and sausages hanging from the rafters, they would starve in bad years.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
And as the government shutdown starves the markets of official data, any individual announcement from a company can take on more meaning.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2025
It isolates the cell from the surrounding tissue and essentially starves it of nutrients.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 28, 2024
Without our original data, our artistic creations, our uniquely flawed opinions and stumbling iterations of truth, generative AI just starves to death.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2023
The poison starves the body's cells of oxygen, which can induce heart attacks.
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2023
Since we are all supposed to be equal, if one person starves, then all should starve.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
For years, the housing market has been starved for inventory with sellers opting to stay put in order to hold on to their low mortgage rates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Has your group been starved for funding for some time, a sign executives are prioritizing other departments?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
Osterberg courted Britain's middle and upper classes for her college, deciding most elementary school girls were "absolutely unfit to be trained... their muscles have been starved from babyhood".
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
But the fact that the new engines are energy starved has now taken the challenge away from what had been Spa's most challenging corner, the fast downhill double left-hander known as Pouhon.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
Veturius as a boy, afraid and starved, determined not to die.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
"It's causing huge environmental problems... we have more food in the world, but there are more than ever people who are malnourished and starving," he said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
"People have no idea where to evacuate. There's been no government advice. Many have fled to the hills and are starving."
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
The private-equity industry is starving for more dealmaking activity, with a massive backlog of unsold portfolio companies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
That’s necessary magic in an age that’s starving for it.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
“I bought this for you. You’d better eat it quick before my starving friends arrive.”
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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