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Recent Examples of impoverish
To overthrow a government that uses brutality and coercion to cling to power and whose militancy had made their country an international pariah, impoverishing its citizens.
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Molly Hunter,
NBC news,
30 Jan. 2026
Cinema sometimes has to know how to give in to a cause, but another thing entirely is to impoverish cinema by attributing to documentary cinema a mere and strict role of denunciation.
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Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
25 Sep. 2025
Both were married at 17 years of age and struggled to build a life in a country impoverished by British colonialism.
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Kalpana Jain,
Christian Science Monitor,
19 Sep. 2025
The regime was isolated by sanctions and impoverished by war, and captagon became a vital source of its income and foreign currency holdings.
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Vanda Felbab-Brown,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Apr. 2024
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Molly Hunter,
NBC news,
30 Jan. 2026
Cinema sometimes has to know how to give in to a cause, but another thing entirely is to impoverish cinema by attributing to documentary cinema a mere and strict role of denunciation.
—
Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
25 Sep. 2025
Both were married at 17 years of age and struggled to build a life in a country impoverished by British colonialism.
—
Kalpana Jain,
Christian Science Monitor,
19 Sep. 2025
The regime was isolated by sanctions and impoverished by war, and captagon became a vital source of its income and foreign currency holdings.
—
Vanda Felbab-Brown,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impoverish
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However, for some, gambling is an addiction that can ruin lives and families.
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After all, plenty of cocktail enthusiasts already complain about mosquitoes ruining a summer evening.
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The One Big Beautiful Bill also removed a tax on Social Security benefits, depleting another source of the program's revenue.
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Without significant reform measures from Congress, the widening deficit threatens to deplete the trust funds that finance Social Security in 2032, and Medicare one year later.
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The ruling was a victory for states, which said such claims could bankrupt them.
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Most manufacturers were bankrupted by equipment failures and financial challenges, making the 1990s a tough time for wind power’s pioneers.
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Every one of those calls consumes tokens and touches a system with its own permissions.
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Public health data has taught us that alcohol, which can be fine when consumed in moderation, can be harmful to individual and societal health in excessive amounts.
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Derived from a Central African shrub, the drug's ability to reduce withdrawal symptoms and cravings were uncovered by accident, when Howard Lotsof, a 19-year old addicted to heroin, tried ibogaine out of curiosity in 1962.
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Displaying tactical discipline and superior talent, the English national team defeated Mexico 3-2 with a lineup reduced to 10 men on Sunday night.
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In the finals, Israel faced an Australian team already exhausted after fending off South Korea, Japan and Rhodesia (itself in the Asian tournament after being banned in Africa over its white governing regime).
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For years, people have been frustrated and exhausted by the seemingly endless amount of swiping and small talk that go nowhere on dating apps.
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Kathleen Clark, an ethics lawyer who teaches at Washington University’s law school, told me, adding that this stance beggars belief.
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In its efforts to achieve benevolent hegemony, the United States tolerated being beggared by its neighbors.
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During our time away, our neighbors visited with us at the hospital, looked after our house and came over daily to feed and spend time with our cat.
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American doctors are so conspicuously well-paid that a group of economic researchers spent years trying to figure out why.
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“Impoverish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impoverish. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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