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Both share a mischievous sense of humor and irony generally in short supply.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
Fat mums and hydrangeas, perhaps punctuated with a sunflower or two, arranged in short vases that don’t interrupt conversation.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
Once they find a medication that works, it often falls in short supply.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
Insatiable global appetite for the silicon components used in AI data centres -- especially memory chips, which are in short supply -- has sent revenues soaring for firms that design, produce and assemble them.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
Deydey usually beat her in short time, but today she managed through desperate measures to think ahead far enough to draw the game out to a phenomenal length.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
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