: refusal (as by a prisoner) to eat enough to sustain life
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In an attempt to force action on what protesters say is a dire health emergency in north Minneapolis, a group of four people have begun a hunger strike.—Conor Wight, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026 The Strike chronicles the 2013 hunger strike by 30,000 prisoners at Pelican Bay, a supermax prison notorious for its use of solitary confinement, highlighting the personal stories of the hunger strikers and the broader implications of their resistance.—Brande Victorian, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2026 She is allowed weekly visits to Duannis, who has staged several hunger strikes.—Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2026 Months after a daring hunger strike failed to pause development of Anthropic’s AI Claude, protestors have rallied around the company’s headquarters to call for a complete stop to AI development.—Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 26 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hunger strike