as in sweet tooth
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Recent Examples of hunger strike
Panahi was released from his latest stint in jail in February 2023 after going on hunger strike.
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Glenn Garner, Deadline, 7 June 2026
Detainees launched a hunger strike last month, according Cosecha, an immigrant advocacy group.
—ABC News, 6 June 2026
The Department of Homeland Security has denied there was a hunger strike and pushed back against allegations of inhumane living conditions or treatment.
—Leigh Waldman, CNN Money, 2 June 2026
Reports of a labor and hunger strike in late May over poor conditions at Delaney Hall, which has capacity to house over 1,000 people, drew large protests outside the facility that resulted in clashes with police in recent days.
—Scott Fallon, USA Today, 2 June 2026
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Glenn Garner, Deadline, 7 June 2026
Detainees launched a hunger strike last month, according Cosecha, an immigrant advocacy group.
—ABC News, 6 June 2026
The Department of Homeland Security has denied there was a hunger strike and pushed back against allegations of inhumane living conditions or treatment.
—Leigh Waldman, CNN Money, 2 June 2026
Reports of a labor and hunger strike in late May over poor conditions at Delaney Hall, which has capacity to house over 1,000 people, drew large protests outside the facility that resulted in clashes with police in recent days.
—Scott Fallon, USA Today, 2 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hunger strike
Noun
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Love this option to satisfy a sweet tooth without buying the whole cake.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
8 June 2026
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Treat your sweet tooth to a cone from Springer’s Homemade Ice Cream or pick up some homemade fudge from Douglass Candies.—
Lindsay Cohn,
Travel + Leisure,
6 June 2026
Noun
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This is Conolly’s Folly, built in 1740 at the height of a terrible famine.—
Amelia Soth,
JSTOR Daily,
18 June 2026
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In the 40-minute video, titled Persistence (2025), Cammock, who won the Turner Prize in 2019, mentions Oliver Cromwell’s conquest of Ireland, which included a famine.—
Maximilíano Durón,
ARTnews.com,
18 June 2026
Noun
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The fast will coincide with the United States’ semiquincentennial celebrations.—
Benjamin Park,
The Conversation,
1 June 2026
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Eid al-Fitr, which happens at the end of the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, marks the breaking of the fast.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
26 May 2026
Noun
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The same review found that late luteal cravings for carbohydrates and comfort food are physiologically driven, not a willpower failure.—
Allison Palmer
Updated June 13,
Sacbee.com,
13 June 2026
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Luteal-phase fatigue and food cravings have clear physiological explanations and follicular-phase cognitive advantages have emerging support.—
Allison Palmer
Updated June 13,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 June 2026
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“Hunger strike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hunger%20strike. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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