go hungry
idiom
: to suffer every day due to not having enough food to eat
Too many people in the world go hungry every day.
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Connecticut residents and Americans across the country will lose their healthcare, children, seniors and those with disabilities will lose food assistance and go hungry, thousands will lose jobs and local and state economies will be devastated.
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 13 May 2025
Ensuring our children don’t go hungry at school shouldn’t be a partisan issue.
—Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 13 Mar. 2025
What frustrates me is when leaders make outrageous, false claims, like the governor stating President Trump's policies would make Pennsylvanians go hungry.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
The other families on their route may go hungry this day or have to take their chances outside.
—Clarissa Ward, CNN, 18 Mar. 2025
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 13 May 2025
Ensuring our children don’t go hungry at school shouldn’t be a partisan issue.
—Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 13 Mar. 2025
What frustrates me is when leaders make outrageous, false claims, like the governor stating President Trump's policies would make Pennsylvanians go hungry.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
The other families on their route may go hungry this day or have to take their chances outside.
—Clarissa Ward, CNN, 18 Mar. 2025
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“Go hungry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20hungry. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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