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Noun
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Hospital is an oasis Inside the sprawling slum, where gang violence has left scores of children orphaned, rapes of women and girls are frequent and cholera, hunger and malnutrition remain entrenched, La Fontaine is widely seen as both an oasis and a lifeline.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
14 May 2026 -
The individual with the cavity would have exhibited signs of being in immense pain, possibly unable to chew properly, which could have led to malnutrition or a deeper infection of the jawbone, Kolobova said.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
13 May 2026
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Whales can drag heavy gear for months, unable to dive or feed properly, leading to starvation, infection and drowning.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 May 2026
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For a writer of Wilde’s stature, mental starvation was a greater torment than physical hardship.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
18 May 2026
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