run dry
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Kyiv residents have already seen their taps run dry and this, plus the ability to take away wastewater, is causing public health fears.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026
“To allow such an important tributary to run dry as the salmon are returning is indefensible,” Chichizola said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Will his tanks run dry then, I wondered?
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
If I was consistently tapping into events of my own life, I feel like that well would run dry at some point, or start to feel stale or unspecific.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
A scarred ruin belching smoke, the only fireman dispatched to extinguish it slouched in defeat, blistered and weary, his hose run dry.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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