starve
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Angela Adams said her pets were her "babies", adding: "I would rather starve than they starve."
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 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
“Better to starve where we were bred than live here,” Nathan said passionately.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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
It isolates the cell from the surrounding tissue and essentially starves it of nutrients.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 28, 2024
The poison starves the body's cells of oxygen, which can induce heart attacks.
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2023
“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 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
Investors are starved for information in a new world of “terse” communication from the central bank.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Fragmented among hundreds of armed groups and starved of arms, the resistance has lost ground in recent months, but still controls large parts of the country.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
According to the NHS,, external when the brain is starved of oxygen it can lead to strokes, brain injuries, loss of consciousness or long-term cognitive impacts.
From BBC ● Jul. 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
Simultaneously, his gamble on a self-owned Pac-12 Network failed to land a DirecTV deal, starving member schools of cash.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 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
We are lucky because this work will keep us from starving.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
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