starved to death
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Strangely, one of the show’s most captivating songs, “Pavane for a Dead Lizard,” is about a reptile that starved to death because of Victoria’s negligence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2025
‘It starved to death before it ever saw the light of day.’
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2024
Then in April, he says two farmers he personally knew starved to death.
From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2023
Zelenskiy pointed out that the attack had come in the early hours of the day when Ukrainians commemorate their worst national tragedy -- the 1932-33 Holodomor famine in which several million people starved to death.
From Reuters ● Nov. 25, 2023
You talk about hungry, there’s nothing like knowing your grub is off somewhere digesting in a bear to make you feel starved to death.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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