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
The cars' energy starvation has changed the nature of driving.
From BBC • Mar. 15, 2026
Between 1846 and 1851, more than a million Irish people died from starvation or disease.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 2026
Hundreds of thousands face mass starvation across the region.
From Barron's • Jan. 5, 2026
Many a time my husband stood aside unable to face the fray: if I had not reproached him his distaste of the whole procedure would have led him to starvation.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
Vocabulary lists containing starvation
Africa - Middle School
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Africa - High School
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