penury
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In California, 5.5 million residents, including 2 million children, will be forced deeper into penury.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2025
The AAU’s dictatorial control forced athletes into penury and enriched its leaders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2025
He faced agony abroad, then penury in his adopted home.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 22, 2024
If that’s true, what conceivable difference could it make whether a few of the dinosaur oil and gas companies want to merge and go into the abyss of bankruptcy and penury holding hands?
From Washington Times ● Nov. 5, 2023
It could be that this penury was the catalyst for Bobby’s often-criticized “greediness” later in his career.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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