starvation
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"Energy starvation as a coercive tool is incompatible with international human rights norms."
From Barron's • May 7, 2026
"In many places, groundwater extraction, sediment starvation, and rapid urbanization are causing land to sink much faster than previously recognized," Ohenhen said.
From Science Daily • Apr. 20, 2026
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
In the wilderness, stealing food from other people is a major offense, especially when provisions are already scarce and the threat of dying from starvation is a real possibility.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
Vocabulary lists containing starvation
Africa - Middle School
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Africa - High School
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