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famine

[fam-in] / ˈfæm ɪn /


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In parts of Africa, Central America, and India, drought is already strangling crop yields and threatening famine.

From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026

Manchester United constantly seem to flip between feast and famine, when often they've simply been fine.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Nuclear war is a real possibility, climate change is inevitable, famine and death are on the horizon.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

“But as Irish people we know all too well about genocide, forced famine, and violent occupation.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

That same autumn, Russia was wracked by famine.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

It asserted that widespread famines and mass starvation would doom huge swaths of mankind because the world’s population was growing too rapidly.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026

In extreme conditions such as droughts, famines or freezing temperatures, animals activate resilience programs like hibernation instead of investing energy in reproduction.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 23, 2026

India, for centuries, was wracked by famines and chronic food shortages, leaving generations to survive on meagre nutrition.

From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2025

With powerful statistical models, the researchers analyzed 30,000 years of archaeological records, tracing the impact of wars, famines and climate change.

From New York Times ● May 1, 2024

And in Ayemenem, where once the loudest sound had been a musical bus horn, now whole wars, famines, picturesque massacres and Bill Clinton could be summoned up like servants.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy




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