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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Charlotte-area restaurants are stepping in to make sure families don’t go hungry as the government shutdown continues.
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Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 7 Nov. 2025
Popeyes Popeyes won’t let anybody go hungry!
—Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2025
The West Ada School District said its priority is to make sure students don’t go hungry.
—Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 31 Oct. 2025
Advocates crowded the State House steps and sidewalk along Beacon Street Tuesday afternoon as finger-pointing continued surrounding the fate of SNAP benefits and the fear that young children, families and persons with disabilities could soon go hungry.
—State House News Service, Boston Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
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Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 7 Nov. 2025
Popeyes Popeyes won’t let anybody go hungry!
—Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2025
The West Ada School District said its priority is to make sure students don’t go hungry.
—Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 31 Oct. 2025
Advocates crowded the State House steps and sidewalk along Beacon Street Tuesday afternoon as finger-pointing continued surrounding the fate of SNAP benefits and the fear that young children, families and persons with disabilities could soon go hungry.
—State House News Service, Boston Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
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“Go hungry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20hungry. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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