starvation
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Unions and workers complain of "starvation wages" which have been frozen since 2022.
From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026
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
Between 1846 and 1851, more than a million Irish people died from starvation or disease.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 2026
RZSS, which took the three survivors into its care, said all four lynx had shown signs of starvation.
From BBC • Jan. 10, 2026
And the meager fare at Mother Palmer’s boardinghouse up on the bluff was proving downright starvation inducing this year.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
Vocabulary lists containing starvation
Africa - Middle School
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