poorest

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Poorest countries face $35 billion in debt-service payments to official and private sector creditors in 2022, with over 40% of the total due to China, according to the World Bank.

From Reuters • Jul. 3, 2022

And so it went for nearly two hours in the 90-degree heat, with chants of “No justice, no peace” and signs reading “Black Lives Matter” and “Memphis Poorest City.”

From Washington Times • Jul. 12, 2016

Related: Poorest town in poorest state: segregation is gone but so are the jobs George Packer’s brilliant book, The Unwinding, captured that moment in time.

From The Guardian • Mar. 20, 2016

The book’s subtitle, “Twenty-five Years Among the Poorest Children in America,” is promising.

From Slate • Sep. 8, 2012

Deep ways and dripping boughs, The fog falling drearily; Cowherds calling on their cows, And I crying wearily, Wearily, wearily, out-a-door, Houseless, hearthless, coatless, kindless, Poorest of the wandering poor.

From The Mountainy Singer by MacCathmhaoil, Seosamh