poverty
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Beard's latest collection covers a variety of topics including animal cruelty, child poverty and mental health.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
"We are witnessing a perfect storm that could throw tens if not hundreds of millions of people back into poverty."
From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026
This may seem to be uncomfortably topical in an era when the divide between extremes of poverty and wealth are much noted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
The judge said that, in weighing the sentence, he considered Iza’s history and characteristics, including childhood displacement from Iraq, separation from his parents, neglect, poverty, physical abuse and prolonged social isolation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
When judges have discretion, they may consider a defendant’s background and impose a lighter penalty if the defendant’s personal circumstances—extreme poverty or experience of abuse, for example—warrant it.
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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