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Meanings of hunger in English
State in which a person, for a sustained period, is unable to eat sufficient food to meet basic nutritional needs.
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Usage of hunger in English
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The political crisis in neighbouring Mali has only compounded the hunger problem.
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The country is facing a hunger crisis but food aid still flows.
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Job losses had spread hunger into new areas in cities, Sooliman said.
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Cooperation satisfies a natural hunger for solidarity that makes all community possible.
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SHNSA provides a sustainable solution to combat hunger and poverty, she said.
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Values like hunger, desire, work rate, competing are hammered home every day.
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Senator John Kerry said, as hunger and disease threaten millions of victims.
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And it's being made worse by its solution to another problem: hunger.
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Reason for first visit: constant thirst and hunger paired with weight loss.
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It was a form of protection against the Psy hunger for power.
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One possibility, said Davy, is that water could squelch feelings of hunger.
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So far, there appears to be a real hunger for this information.
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May 13: Hundreds of students begin a hunger strike on Tiananmen Square.
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Millions of people died, most from hunger and disease rather than violence.
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Besides escaping hunger, this household needs the means to exploit economic opportunities.
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Cork have known longer famines but never have they shown greater hunger.
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United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common
South Africa
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