famine
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Yemen's years-long civil conflict killed tens of thousands of people, uprooted millions and drove the country to the brink of famine before a 2022 truce restored relative calm.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
Following European contact in the 15th century, Indigenous populations across the Americas declined dramatically because of disease, famine, violence, conflict and the rapid loss of genetic diversity.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
This year the Dodgers’ offense has been a case of feast or famine.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
Mamdani continued: “These are people who fled earthquakes, famine, war and political violence,” he said in a statement.
From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026
A famine caused by an inadequate Nile flood in 245 aggravated native resentment against the Greek monarchy and the burdensome cost of its imperial rivalries.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
It asserted that widespread famines and mass starvation would doom huge swaths of mankind because the world’s population was growing too rapidly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
Generations before us have survived wars and famines.
From Salon ● May 1, 2025
India, for centuries, was wracked by famines and chronic food shortages, leaving generations to survive on meagre nutrition.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2025
Wars, famines, outbreaks, natural disasters … There are, sadly, many reasons why populations might be forced or feel compelled to leave their homes in search of refuge elsewhere, and these cases continue to grow.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 3, 2024
She was frightened by the BBC famines and television wars that she encountered while she channel surfed.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
Vocabulary lists containing famine
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Vocabulary from the Introduction to "Reality is Broken" by Jane McGonigal
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