How to Use hunger strike in a Sentence

hunger strike

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  • The activist is nearly three weeks into a hunger strike over his medical treatment in prison.
    — New York Times, 18 Apr. 2021
  • Immigrant advocates in the state launched a hunger strike to draw attention to their plight.
    — Irina Ivanova, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2021
  • A week earlier, members of the alliance began a 43-day hunger strike that worked like a relay.
    — New York Times, 7 Apr. 2021
  • Clients at the treatment center staged a 14-day hunger strike earlier this year to protest conditions.
    — Brooks Johnson, Star Tribune, 12 Apr. 2021
  • Alexey Navalny has gone on a hunger strike to protest the sadistic denial of medical care for his crippling back problems.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 2 Apr. 2021
  • Navalny, 44, declared a hunger strike last week, demanding access to a doctor for severe back pain and leg numbness.
    — Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2021
  • Alexey Navalny, the Russian opposition politician, has been in prison for almost two months and on hunger strike for two weeks.
    — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2021
  • And as the measure neared approval, about a dozen supporters who camped around a Manhattan church staged a three-week hunger strike that ended Wednesday.
    — New York Times, 8 Apr. 2021
  • Navalny began a hunger strike two weeks ago after his doctors were denied access to treat him in prison for severe back pain, and his health has quickly deteriorated since.
    — Jonathan Ponciano, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2021
  • But in early March, after constant pleas from elders and other notable figures, Mohammed ended his hunger strike, bringing a sense of relief.
    — Faiza Mahamud, Star Tribune, 4 Apr. 2021
  • Jailed Russian dissident Alexei Navalny began a hunger strike to demand the prison to provide him with proper medical care.
    — Mike Brest, Washington Examiner, 31 Mar. 2021
  • In late March, the Russian dissident wrote a letter to jail authorities demanding he be visited by a doctor, commencing a hunger strike.
    — Jake Dima, Washington Examiner, 18 Apr. 2021
  • There came a time when López went on hunger strike — 28 days.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 18 Oct. 2021
  • Like Hunger, this movie is inspired by the 1981 hunger strike at the Maze prison.
    — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Soni helped the workers travel to the White House and stage a hunger strike.
    — Sarah Stillman, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2021
  • Jeschke and six others launched a hunger strike Aug. 30.
    — Karin Laub, ajc, 23 Sep. 2021
  • On Tuesday, two weeks into the hunger strike, the group was forced to end it.
    — Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2021
  • Nirmal Singh, 42, has been on a hunger strike for 18 days.
    — Sakshi Venkatraman, NBC News, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Reznicek, who was two weeks into a hunger strike at the time, welcomed the news.
    — Julia Shipley, Rolling Stone, 26 May 2021
  • Some of them had been on a hunger strike since Tuesday to put pressure on the UC.
    — Mathew Miranda, Sacramento Bee, 26 Jan. 2024
  • His three-week hunger strike has brought him to what his doctors say from afar could be the brink of death.
    — Kenneth Roth, CNN, 19 Apr. 2021
  • Some of the lawmakers are doing a hunger strike for up to five days.
    — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Ronaghi is on a hunger strike to protest his arrest on Sept. 24.
    — Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Back in 2016, IIT Kharagpur students went on a hunger strike over such a hike.
    — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 20 July 2022
  • He was put on trial twice and died while on a hunger strike in the Soviet prison in 1985.
    — New York Times, 1 July 2022
  • Before taking part in the hunger strike, the group discussed the risks, Garcia said.
    — Hannah Demissie, ABC News, 19 Dec. 2021
  • The party said Woo has been on a hunger strike for the past 14 days to protest the Japanese discharge plans.
    — Kim Tong-Hyung, BostonGlobe.com, 9 July 2023
  • Cynthia Nixon is going on a hunger strike to protest the Israel–Hamas war.
    — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Nov. 2023
  • In November 1914, prisoners went on a hunger strike to protest the food.
    — Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 July 2024
  • Panahi was released from prison in March 2023 after going on hunger strike.
    — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 13 May 2024

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