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In recent books, French has borrowed elements of the western genre to explore corporate rapacity in the era of climate change and looked at life in a small Irish village with the ear to both insider and outsider.—
Marc Weingarten,
Los Angeles Times,
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Or consider the explorers who left a cold and hungry Europe in search of tropical riches, only to realize that their own rapacity could quickly exhaust the bounty of an island paradise.—
Deborah R. Coen,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Feb. 2014
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Look at its crazy voracity for naked flesh, the provocative conditions and licentiousness in literature, art and the media… on top of the deteriorating morality and societal decadence that started to threaten every soul, every family, every gathering.—
Eric Trager,
Foreign Affairs,
24 Sep. 2014
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The biblical voracity of these insects make them among the world’s most destructive pests.—
Gennaro Tomma,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2024
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Patients may also experience stomach cramps and vomiting.—
Brenda Goodman,
CNN Money,
6 Aug. 2025
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Most people infected with Vibrio experience diarrhea, and some may also have stomach cramps, nausea, vomiting, fever, and chills.—
Sonia Osorio,
Miami Herald,
6 Aug. 2025
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Lack of water affects agriculture, as in much of southern Africa, where a drought parched crops and livestock and put 90 million people in danger of acute hunger, according to a United Nations report last month.—
Mark Gongloff,
Mercury News,
13 Aug. 2025
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In the video about starvation that drew the condemnation of the IDF, al-Sharif cries as a woman collapses from hunger behind him.—
Richard Hall,
Time,
11 Aug. 2025
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At least 227 people – including 103 children – have died from malnutrition since the beginning of the war, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
13 Aug. 2025
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More than 200 Palestinians have died from extreme malnutrition in Gaza, according to Palestinian health officials, even as Israel allows more aid to trickle into the territory.—
Matt Bradley,
NBC news,
11 Aug. 2025
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The World Food Program reported that 3.1 million Afghans are on the brink of starvation.—
Trisha Mukherjee,
ABC News,
16 Aug. 2025
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Israel also denies there is starvation in Gaza, contradicting medics in the Palestinian enclave, global aid groups and even a close ally, President Donald Trump.—
Mo Abbas,
NBC news,
13 Aug. 2025
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“Ravenousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ravenousness. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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