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Noun
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Advancing age, severe illness or injury, and malnutrition: It's estimated that people ages 40-80 can lose 30-50% of their muscle mass, which can cause weakness and frail bones.—
Lauren O'Connor,
Health,
22 July 2025 -
That brings the total number of deaths from famine and malnutrition since the war began to 101, which includes 80 children, according to the health ministry.—
Morgan Winsor,
ABC News,
22 July 2025
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As Live Aid reminds us, the charity concerts and records began when Geldof, then best known as lead singer of the Irish rock band the Boomtown Rats, watched a television news report about people in Ethiopia dying of starvation.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
22 July 2025
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After a necropsy, officials found the two cats had died of starvation and dehydration.—
Thomas B. Langhorne,
IndyStar,
9 July 2025
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