poverty
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As a teenager, LeRoy Chatfield took an oath with the Congregation of Christian Brothers to live a life of poverty.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Angharad Rogers, Cynon Taf's director of housing and communities, said food poverty was a growing problem for tenants.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
"Before his death, my uncle... had endured displacement, poverty, imprisonment and loss," Ajila told AFP, decrying the lingering danger from "houses on the verge of collapse".
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
In any case, the overall increase in incomes drove the poverty rate to an historic low of 10.2%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
One reason so many people have a false impression of the economic well-being of African Americans, as a group, is that poverty and unemployment statistics do not include people who are behind bars.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
Vocabulary lists containing poverty
Figurative Language in King's "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act V
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