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penury

[pen-yuh-ree] / ˈpɛn yə ri /


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Penury stalked Aseel, who lived with her husband in a makeshift shack on a roof.

From The Guardian • Aug. 1, 2017

Penury has closed down Yellowstone's Conservation Data Center, leaving it unable to track the condition of vegetation and wildlife.

From US News • Aug. 19, 2016

Penury, however, is not a problem for Mr. Wai Lwin, the former defense minister.

From New York Times • Nov. 14, 2015

Penury also looms for people like Yasser, a nutritionist and personal trainer, who has earned little in the past two years.

From Reuters • Apr. 3, 2013

For in our great Commercial World   Loud storms have rung their changes round, While some are from high station hurled   And in chill Penury are found.

From The Emigrant Mechanic and Other Tales in Verse Together with Numerous Songs Upon Canadian Subjects by Cowherd, Thomas




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