famine
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By helping the body store energy efficiently, it could have supported survival during periods of famine or food shortages.
From Science Daily • May 11, 2026
Mao founded Communist China in 1949 and led it through a tumultuous and devastating period in the 1960s and 1970s, when an attempt at rapid industrialisation triggered a famine, killing tens of millions.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
"There would be famine and people would suffer a lot. People are suffering now, but at least with war, our fate might be clear," 60-year-old homemaker Tayebeh said.
From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026
We can expect economic upheaval, famine and pestilence.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026
Tortoise told Dog he would tell no one as long as Dog took him to the sky every day until the rains came and the famine ended.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Vocabulary lists containing famine
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Vocabulary from the Introduction to "Reality is Broken" by Jane McGonigal
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