starve
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Environmental advocates contend it would starve the Delta and threaten fish already in severe decline.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 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
The idea, in a nutshell, is to switch on the immune system and starve the cancer at the same time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
“And if you can’t work, you’ll starve to death.”
From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys
She starves herself for her cause, crosses oceans and tills land to create the utopia that she believes is possible.
From Salon ● Dec. 27, 2025
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
When society fails to honor difference, it starves itself of innovation, empathy and depth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2025
This causes accelerated growth of algae and other plant life in a process called eutrophication which starves other organisms like fish of oxygen.
From BBC ● May 24, 2024
“Nobody in Germany starves, and few, if any, go hungry,” he wrote.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
For Delhi, which is starved of foreign investment, the Japanese money comes at a crucial time.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
Investors are starved for information in a new world of “terse” communication from the central bank.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
The push has made progress that few thought possible back in 2022, when Huawei was starved of U.S. technology and Chinese AI companies depended almost entirely on Nvidia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
And intensifying competition means we will increasingly be in “an investing landscape where certain segments of the economy and markets are starved for capital, while others are flush with attractive financing options.”
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
The first spoonful was hot and delicious, and I was suddenly starved, couldn’t remember when I’d last eaten.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
“That’s starving the world of diesel,” York said, just as demand for the fuel is picking up.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
Last time a marine heatwave hit South Australia and Tasmania, there were starving penguins, fish kills, suffocating algae outbreaks, and jellyfish invasions.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 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
She watched a video with a starving polar bear last weekend, and the next day she insisted on walking to school.
From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty
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