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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Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa said more than 2.7 million people in the country will go hungry this year and more than $2 billion in aid is required for the country’s national response, Reuters reported.
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Sarah Dean, CNN, 4 Apr. 2024
Advocates of the program note that the administrative cost is far outweighed by the $18 million benefit, which the U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates would benefit 175,000 Nebraska children who might otherwise go hungry on some days during the summer.
—Margery A. Beck, Fortune, 29 Dec. 2023
Studies in the upper Midwest (a stronghold or timber wolf populations) have shown that in winters with little or no snow, wolves have a tough time catching deer and often go hungry.
—Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 28 Feb. 2024
Nebraska’s Republican governor on Friday reiterated his rejection of $18 million in federal funding to help feed children who might otherwise go hungry while school is out.
—Margery A. Beck, Fortune, 29 Dec. 2023
Fans heading to Ford Field for Sunday's watch party won't go hungry.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 26 Jan. 2024
In the meantime, your girl will have to court mischief to eat or go hungry.
—Anna Deavere Smith, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2023
After letting the birds go hungry overnight, the team gave them a chance to complete mental tests that provided food as a reward.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 14 Sep. 2023
Katz Asher saved her own small portions of food — pita with spreadable cheese and spiced rice with meat — so that her daughters wouldn’t go hungry.
—Doha Madani, NBC News, 18 Dec. 2023
Sarah Dean, CNN, 4 Apr. 2024
Advocates of the program note that the administrative cost is far outweighed by the $18 million benefit, which the U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates would benefit 175,000 Nebraska children who might otherwise go hungry on some days during the summer.
—Margery A. Beck, Fortune, 29 Dec. 2023
Studies in the upper Midwest (a stronghold or timber wolf populations) have shown that in winters with little or no snow, wolves have a tough time catching deer and often go hungry.
—Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 28 Feb. 2024
Nebraska’s Republican governor on Friday reiterated his rejection of $18 million in federal funding to help feed children who might otherwise go hungry while school is out.
—Margery A. Beck, Fortune, 29 Dec. 2023
Fans heading to Ford Field for Sunday's watch party won't go hungry.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 26 Jan. 2024
In the meantime, your girl will have to court mischief to eat or go hungry.
—Anna Deavere Smith, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2023
After letting the birds go hungry overnight, the team gave them a chance to complete mental tests that provided food as a reward.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 14 Sep. 2023
Katz Asher saved her own small portions of food — pita with spreadable cheese and spiced rice with meat — so that her daughters wouldn’t go hungry.
—Doha Madani, NBC News, 18 Dec. 2023
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“Go hungry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20hungry. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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