: refusal (as by a prisoner) to eat enough to sustain life
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The hunger strike starts on April 10 and is organized by the Zero Burn Coalition, working with a medical team along the way.—Frankie McLister, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026 She is allowed weekly visits to Duannis, who has staged several hunger strikes.—Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2026 One of the protestors involved, Guido Reichstadter, had previously protested outside Anthropic in the aforementioned hunger strike, which ultimately lasted for 30 days.—Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 26 Mar. 2026 Mamdani, then a state assemblyman, joined Aliyu in a 15-day hunger strike.—Katherine Koretski, CNN Money, 20 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hunger strike