starvation

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It brought major disruption to marine ecosystems: mass die-offs of seabirds, fishery disasters, kelp degradation, whale entanglements, sea lion starvation, fish migration and harmful algal blooms, Amaya said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 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

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

Those thoughts seem so strange to me now, now that Namontack has become my friend and Chief Powhatan has rescued us from cold and starvation, and the princess Pocahontas has treated us as her countrymen.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone