famine
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“It’s like you have a famine, and you’ve only got food for 15% of the people,” Culhane said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 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
Some say Churchill's policies contributed to the famine.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
In that region known as the "Dry Corridor" -- including parts of Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua -- El Nino's return has triggered fears of drought and stoked concerns of famine.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
“Nothing to be nervous about! So it’s a big game. But in the grand scheme of things, in a world rife with famine, disease, war, natural disasters, and crime, is a game all that important?”
From "Here to Stay" by Sara Farizan
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
In extreme conditions such as droughts, famines or freezing temperatures, animals activate resilience programs like hibernation instead of investing energy in reproduction.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 23, 2026
The United Nations recognized two famines this year: one in Sudan and the other in Gaza, both affecting hundreds of thousands of people.
From Salon ● Nov. 19, 2025
Only four previous famines have been classified by the IPC since it was established in 2004, the most recent in Sudan in 2024.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2025
If you wore special glasses you could see them spinning through the sky among the bats and homing birds—blondes, wars, famines, football, food shows, coups d’ etat, hairstyles stiff with hair spray.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
Vocabulary lists containing famine
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