famine
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In parts of Africa, Central America, and India, drought is already strangling crop yields and threatening famine.
From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026
Nuclear war is a real possibility, climate change is inevitable, famine and death are on the horizon.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
“As Irish people we know all too well about genocide, forced famine and violent occupation,” he wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
And the week the table tennis tournament came to town - which by a stroke of bad luck was the one in which the jury finally retired - turned the accommodation drought into a famine.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
There had been a famine of them for months past.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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
“And there are also very few actual famines anymore, but this one is one.”
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2024
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
With powerful statistical models, the researchers analyzed 30,000 years of archaeological records, tracing the impact of wars, famines and climate change.
From New York Times ● May 1, 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
St. Patrick's Day Vocabulary: Words With Irish and Gaelic Roots
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Vocabulary from the Introduction to "Reality is Broken" by Jane McGonigal
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