starvation
Example Sentences
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Shipper survived two concentration camps, including Auschwitz-Birkenau in occupied Poland, a death march, and the Lodz ghetto - a Jewish ghetto established by the Nazis which was plagued by disease, starvation and forced labour.
From BBC
“Once the Forest Service got involved, they had more than just a starvation issue,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times
Hundreds of thousands face starvation across the region, where more than 65,000 people have been displaced since October, according to the latest UN figures.
From Barron's
To calculate learning losses, researchers accounted for the combined effects of trauma and starvation, drawing on established studies showing how both undermine learning.
From Science Daily
RZSS, which took the three survivors into its care, said all four lynx had shown signs of starvation.
From BBC
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