starvation
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It brought major disruption to marine ecosystems: mass die-offs of seabirds, fishery disasters, kelp degradation, whale entanglements, sea lion starvation, fish migration and harmful algal blooms, Amaya said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
She says that studies in mice have shown that starvation enhances the animal’s tolerance to chemotherapy doses but can’t cure the disease outright.
From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026
It asserted that widespread famines and mass starvation would doom huge swaths of mankind because the world’s population was growing too rapidly.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
RZSS, which took the three survivors into its care, said all four lynx had shown signs of starvation.
From BBC • Jan. 10, 2026
In Carvajal’s account, pain and sickness alternate with starvation.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Vocabulary lists containing starvation
Africa - Middle School
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Africa - High School
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