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- noun obsolete Poverty.
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- noun obsolete
poverty
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Examples
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"If you look at the povert rate among single-parent families, you have a poverty rate that is higher."
Santorum ends Iowa bid with plea for return to traditional family values 2012
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Incidentally, povert, desire for status, and materialism had nothing to do with that decision.
All kinds of ouch. 2009
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President Obama will inherit an economy in crisis, a middle class in freefall, povert ...
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President Obama will inherit an economy in crisis, a middle class in freefall, povert ...
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Salinger and Nabokov, somewhat; and, thanks for the tip, Katie; haven't read Billy Childish; now, will try to find a used copy for povert poets, natch.
For laughs ... Frank Wilson 2008
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In the struggle with a prodigal there is the reminder of our own sinfulness when we sin in our anger- we recognize our spiritual povert y.
12 ways to love your wayward children. What would you add to the list? - 22 Words 2008
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New York magazine bestows a rather dubious distinction upon the octogenarianish hard-scrabbling povert.
Who? Frank Wilson 2008
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Strangely, also exactly the same point about the povert gap was made last night by Roy Hattersley on Any Questions.
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Even though these involved rich Mexicans, it can happen at any time to extranjeros flaunting their wealth in a povert stricken town in a 3rd world country.
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Even though these involved rich Mexicans, it can happen at any time to extranjeros flaunting their wealth in a povert stricken town in a 3rd world country.
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