starving

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Once upon a time, he lived out his starving artist fantasies abroad before putting that aside to join the family business.

From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026

"Things there are terrible. People are starving, there's nothing," said Salgado, a 72-year-old who emigrated to the United States four decades ago.

From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026

In a meticulously crafted stop-motion world of gritty dockside poverty, a starving waif discovers the neglected girl in a shabby home weeps not teardrops but pearls.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

It enables safer banking by allowing banks to operate under tighter regulation without starving the real economy of capital.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

Having canned enough food to feed yourself could mean the difference between surviving until spring or starving.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson