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Recent Examples of pauperizeIronically, in Cuba, a country pauperized by a Marxist model for the past 61 years, there is a growing public cry demanding change.—Otto Reich, National Review, 8 Apr. 2020
His son visits Baghdad and Fallujah during summer vacations, puzzled by his family’s political reticence and by how his once prosperous cousins are impoverished by the sanctions regime of the 1990s.
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Lisa Anderson,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
Removing or silencing employees who have devoted their lives to demonstrating the value of workplace diversity risks impoverishing the workplace.
Sometimes, one bad person or a few bad people can ruin things for everybody.
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David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
The floods were also a disaster for businesses that lost valuable stock, like a local bookstore which saw $25,000 worth of books ruined, the BBC reported.
The venue renovations have significantly increased hospitality and premium offerings with new pubs, clubs, restaurants and seating, while reducing the number of suites from 70 to 40.
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Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
4 Mar. 2025
Or has your life together reduced him to, as in your letter, a list of maddening attributes?
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