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Recent Examples of pauperize
Ironically, in Cuba, a country pauperized by a Marxist model for the past 61 years, there is a growing public cry demanding change.
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Otto Reich, National Review, 8 Apr. 2020
Otto Reich, National Review, 8 Apr. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pauperize
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There is little dispute that Maduro was an evil, corrupt autocrat who undermined Venezuelan elections, with his brutality leading to the flight of 8 million refugees and impoverishing his resource-rich land.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Fortune,
3 Jan. 2026
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As Richardson, a dancer, wrote in her biography, My Life in E-Flat, that area of the Lower East Side was Ukrainian and impoverished at the time, and the house had five families living in it, one per floor.—
Kim Velsey,
Curbed,
4 Dec. 2025
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The government dissolved Aum as a tax-exempt religious organization, effectively bankrupting it, and began to scrutinize other new religions, including the Unification Church.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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Muslim Fulani militants frequently carry out violence in northern and central parts of Nigeria to bankrupt Christian communities while receiving ransom payments.—
Greg Norman-Diamond,
FOXNews.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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And, from this week’s issue, Nicola Twilley’s reporting on another lingering effect of the wildfires—smoke taint that is ruining grapes and threatening California’s wine industry.—
Dana Goodyear,
New Yorker,
7 Jan. 2026
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This will either change your life or ruin you.—
Outside Online,
Outside Online,
7 Jan. 2026
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In its efforts to achieve benevolent hegemony, the United States tolerated being beggared by its neighbors.—
OREN CASS,
Foreign Affairs,
17 Oct. 2025
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By such maxims as these, however, nations have been taught that their interest consisted in beggaring all their neighbours.—
Mike O'Sullivan,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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This comes at a time when there has been talk of reducing the number of PGA tournaments on the calendar.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Jan. 2026
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The cross-border clearing platform could streamline operations, reducing risks in OTC trades that dominate the market.—
Sean Lee,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Pauperize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pauperize. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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