starve
Example Sentences
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Given the difficulties in interdicting components, U.S. officials say they are also trying to starve Tehran of funds by going after buyers and shippers of Iranian oil.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
Experts warned that Ukraine is Europe’s breadbasket and Europe would starve.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026
“You’re going to probably starve the person to death before you starve the cancer to death,” she said.
From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026
People feel "trapped" and farmers fear livestock could "starve" after a significant landslip closed the main route in and out of a village several weeks ago.
From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026
I would not have my sister thinking she needed to starve to stay with me.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
Vocabulary lists containing starve
"When Cultures Meet"
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