impoverished
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In northeastern Annaba -- formerly the ancient Roman city of Hippo -- Leo will visit vestiges of the city's historical past, as well as a reception centre run by Catholic nuns for impoverished elderly people.
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
With its outdated infrastructure, the impoverished DRC is no stranger to temporary fuel shortages.
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
In 1945 America was wealthy and powerful, Europe impoverished and weak.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
Yet today, Lisandra Botey identifies more with the impoverished woman in the photograph than with the revolutionaries who liberated her country from Batista.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026
At age twenty-six, Virchow wrote passionately that terrible social conditions in an impoverished part of Germany called Upper Silesia were the cause of a malaria and dysentery epidemic.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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