starved

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Knicks fans long starved of championship chances erupted.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Other food crops were exported to Britain as Irish people starved.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

“It’s been strange to see Iran continue to export through the war, but it, too, will come at an additional cost to the global economy starved by the Hormuz stoppage,” Johnston said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

TD Cowen analyst Joshua Buchalter wrote on Thursday that Nvidia had been somewhat starved for momentum this year as investors looked for “derivative” ways to play the AI boom, beyond the main chip stocks.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026

I once saw a polar bear that had starved to death.

From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin