starvation
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In turn, Germany was pushed to the edge of starvation, despite its relative food self-sufficiency, because Britain’s counter-blockade worsened the domestic fact that horses and farmers were sent from grainfields to the battlefields.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
The cars' energy starvation has changed the nature of driving.
From BBC • Mar. 15, 2026
Between 1846 and 1851, more than a million Irish people died from starvation or disease.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 2026
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 • Jan. 18, 2026
Some days that bit of smuggled food made the difference between hunger and starvation.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
Vocabulary lists containing starvation
Africa - Middle School
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Africa - High School
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