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starve

[stahrv] / stɑrv /






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The glacier will starve, shrink and eventually disappear.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Environmental advocates contend it would starve the Delta and threaten fish already in severe decline.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Joshua Kushner and his family, one imagines, will not starve.

From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026

However, not only do these chemicals affect the bees directly, they can also remove important plants that they rely on for food causing them to starve.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026

One scientist believes they might someday starve whales to extinction.

From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin

And as the government shutdown starves the markets of official data, any individual announcement from a company can take on more meaning.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2025

“We have a duty to see to it that no one starves, that no one goes roofless and cold,” The Times wrote in an editorial.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2025

This causes accelerated growth of algae and other plant life in a process called eutrophication which starves other organisms like fish of oxygen.

From BBC ● May 24, 2024

It isolates the cell from the surrounding tissue and essentially starves it of nutrients.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 28, 2024

“Nobody in Germany starves, and few, if any, go hungry,” he wrote.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

For years, the housing market has been starved for inventory with sellers opting to stay put in order to hold on to their low mortgage rates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

The push has made progress that few thought possible back in 2022, when Huawei was starved of U.S. technology and Chinese AI companies depended almost entirely on Nvidia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Osterberg courted Britain's middle and upper classes for her college, deciding most elementary school girls were "absolutely unfit to be trained... their muscles have been starved from babyhood".

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

But the fact that the new engines are energy starved has now taken the challenge away from what had been Spa's most challenging corner, the fast downhill double left-hander known as Pouhon.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

The difference it made was startling, as though a person ten years younger were shining through the starved mask; for a moment, he was recognizable as the man who had laughed at Harry’s parents’ wedding.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling

Government regulations bar anyone under 18 from participating in religious activities, starving the monasteries of young devotees.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

“That’s starving the world of diesel,” York said, just as demand for the fuel is picking up.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

“We are starving the Bay-Delta estuary now, and we know that that needs to change if we actually want to preserve that ecosystem and all the benefits it provides,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

"People have no idea where to evacuate. There's been no government advice. Many have fled to the hills and are starving."

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

“It’s a bit downtrodden, don’t I know! But that’s the life of the starving artist for you.”

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood




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