hunger

Example Sentences

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She is allowed weekly visits to Duannis, who has staged several hunger strikes.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2026

Covid set back the fight against hunger worldwide.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

At UCLA, professors in the Chicana/o and Central American Studies program — its founding dates to a 1993 hunger strike modeled after ones Chávez did — voted to remove his name from the department.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

The drought also affected a vast stretch of land across East Africa, leaving some 26 million people "facing extreme hunger" in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia, according to humanitarian organisation Oxfam.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

Tried to do anything but think about his gnawing hunger for love.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman