starvation
Example Sentences
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To calculate learning losses, researchers accounted for the combined effects of trauma and starvation, drawing on established studies showing how both undermine learning.
From Science Daily
Nine in the bay were killed by ship strikes last year while another 12 appear to have died of starvation.
From Los Angeles Times
“The old protein guidelines were designed to prevent starvation and withering away,” said Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary on Wednesday.
Hundreds of thousands face mass starvation across the region.
From Barron's
We’ve seen harrowing pictures of mass starvation and malnutrition in Africa caused by a widespread food deficit.
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