poverty-stricken immigrants struggling to make ends meet
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During and after the Great Depression, the Tennessee Valley Authority built dozens of hydroelectric dams, bringing electricity and flood control to the most remote and poverty-stricken hollows of Appalachia.—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 29 June 2025 That’s a long way from living in motels and stealing steaks from grocery stores during his more humble days of being poverty-stricken.—Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 28 Feb. 2025 At the time, Whitechapel was poverty-stricken and overcrowded, with over 76,000 people populating its dilapidated avenues and dwellings.—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 18 Jan. 2024
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