starvation
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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
The cars' energy starvation has changed the nature of driving.
From BBC • Mar. 15, 2026
Hundreds of thousands face starvation across the region, where more than 65,000 people have been displaced since October, according to the latest UN figures.
From Barron's • Jan. 18, 2026
Nine in the bay were killed by ship strikes last year while another 12 appear to have died of starvation.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026
One day, a packet-ship arriving from Nova Scotia with meat, thus alleviating the city’s starvation, I purchased a salted ham-hock with Sally, and, by her side, stripped it for cooking.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
Vocabulary lists containing starvation
Africa - Middle School
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Africa - High School
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