HUNGER STRIKE Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

hunger strike

noun

Definition of hunger strike

as in sweet tooth

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Recent Examples of hunger strike On the evening of July 18, police charged the protest site and forcibly removed Wangchuk and others, who had been on the hunger strike for 20 days by then. — Asim Ali, Time, 1 Aug. 2026 More than 1,000 death-row inmates held in a unit of Iran’s Ghezel Hesar Prison have entered a third week of a mass hunger strike to protest regime executions, with some prisoners sewing their lips shut in protest, according to reports. — Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2026 The 59-year-old education activist Sonam Wangchuk undertook a 26-day hunger strike in support of the movement. — Penny Abeywardena, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026 Earlier this year, detainees staged a hunger strike to draw attention to conditions inside the center. — Mckenna Mobley, USA Today, 22 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for hunger strike

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Noun

And if all of that weren’t enough to satisfy one’s sweet tooth, Cameron said eventually customers will be able to add a mini doughnut as a garnish to their fizzy drinks.

— Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 12 Oct. 2026
The move to quickly shut down all locations on Friday saddened some New Yorkers with a sweet tooth and marked the culmination of a feverish growth spurt that included a messy final year for the company and changing consumer habits.

— New York Times, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of sweet tooth

Noun

Eritrean troops fought alongside Ethiopian forces during the 2020-22 war, which caused about 500,000 civilian deaths through violence, famine and collapsed health services, according to researchers at Ghent University in Belgium.

— Khaled Kazziha, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Eritrean troops fought alongside Ethiopian forces during the 2020-2022 war, which caused about 500,000 civilian deaths through violence, famine and collapsed health services, according to researchers at Ghent University in Belgium.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of famine

Noun

The books below will satisfy your bog witch cravings, while also reminding you of the real-world importance of bogs as bulwarks against climate change, cradles of biodiversity, and keepers of ancestral memory.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026
Another is Gimme Gummy, a craving for squishy, jelly-like textures in everything from candy to phone cases.

— Sarah Glodek, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026

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