impoverished
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With its outdated infrastructure, the impoverished DRC is no stranger to temporary fuel shortages.
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
He has also spearheaded humanitarian campaigns, including the Hurricane Katrina response in New Orleans, and in Haiti after the impoverished Caribbean nation's 2010 earthquake.
From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026
Even if the regime doesn’t fall, it will be leaderless, impoverished, isolated, besieged, mostly disarmed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026
They had not been walked for four weeks before the attack and a dog behaviour expert had described conditions inside Warren's home as "impoverished".
From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026
In 1916, a dozen years after Booker T. Washington proclaimed Durham the "City of Negro Enterprises," the county’s black schools were so impoverished that even a white school inspector was outraged.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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