starvation

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She says that studies in mice have shown that starvation enhances the animal’s tolerance to chemotherapy doses but can’t cure the disease outright.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

It asserted that widespread famines and mass starvation would doom huge swaths of mankind because the world’s population was growing too rapidly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

“Once the Forest Service got involved, they had more than just a starvation issue,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 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

She had eaten, slept for many hours; and the dull, tired feeling of starvation was gone.

From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George