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be impoverished



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Otherwise, the rest of the budget, defense and otherwise, is going to be impoverished by the nuclear juggernaut.

From Slate Mar. 12, 2024

But our way of existing will be impoverished in the process.

From Scientific American Jul. 12, 2023

If current trends continue, Reich said, swaths of boreal forests “will be impoverished, and they might even fall apart or collapse” over the next half-century unless warming slows.

From Washington Post Aug. 11, 2022

Will they be impoverished by the roads paved, bridges repaired, airports upgraded, high-speed rail links built?

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 10, 2021

If not, the world by her failure to make good would be impoverished, and her vagary proved wrong.

From Saint's Progress by Galsworthy, John




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