starve
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The glacier will starve, shrink and eventually disappear.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Environmental advocates say it would starve the Delta of needed water and threaten fish that are already in severe decline.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 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
And Sam and Mom never let us starve, even if we have to do without TV or a toaster for a little while.
From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle
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
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
It isolates the cell from the surrounding tissue and essentially starves it of nutrients.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 28, 2024
Since we are all supposed to be equal, if one person starves, then all should starve.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
For years, the housing market has been starved for inventory with sellers opting to stay put in order to hold on to their low mortgage rates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
For Delhi, which is starved of foreign investment, the Japanese money comes at a crucial time.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 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
But the lack of braking points means the cars will be energy starved this year, so will be running with not much more than half the engines' full power at key points of the track.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
"Thank you, oh Lord and Ty'ree, for getting me something good to eat before I starved to death dreaming of fish. Amen."
From "Miracle's Boys" by Jacqueline Woodson
“That’s starving the world of diesel,” York said, just as demand for the fuel is picking up.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
Environmentalists say the wall will accelerate erosion elsewhere while starving the neighboring salt marsh of sediment, hurting wildlife.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
That’s necessary magic in an age that’s starving for it.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
The oil could also lead to birds sinking and drowning, it said, and the loss of a parent could lead to gull chicks starving to death.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
But why would an obviously starving baboon troop avoid a hill covered with wild grapes?
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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