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
Manchester United constantly seem to flip between feast and famine, when often they've simply been fine.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Nuclear war is a real possibility, climate change is inevitable, famine and death are on the horizon.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
“But as Irish people we know all too well about genocide, forced famine, and violent occupation.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
That same autumn, Russia was wracked by famine.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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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
India, for centuries, was wracked by famines and chronic food shortages, leaving generations to survive on meagre nutrition.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2025
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
And in Ayemenem, where once the loudest sound had been a musical bus horn, now whole wars, famines, picturesque massacres and Bill Clinton could be summoned up like servants.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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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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