malnourished
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“When we’ve seen conditions like this, the major effect for Southern California has been mass stranding of malnourished pups.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
“If they’re malnourished, they’re going to get sicker. If their parents don’t get affordable care, they’re going to be strapped. It becomes a synergistic and multiplicative cascade.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026
My cousin Qiaolian once told me about the day she first met me: I was a malnourished, dusty and snotty infant, not even a full year old, wrapped in a dirty blanket and kept hidden.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026
Several of these camps have made headlines as the women and children living in them are severely malnourished and lack access to basic resources.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2026
Soiled and subdued, she looked like a small malnourished relative of my previous sister.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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