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Prudence is in short supply, and it is this very scarce resource that requires us “to block the roads to hell before building the stairways to heaven.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
Potash, the potassium-rich component of fertilizers, has also been in short supply in recent years, in part because of economic sanctions on Belarus and Russia, which are major potash producers.
From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026
Soleimani Afshar regularly published images and videos of herself in what appear to be designer clothes, engaging in activities associated with wealth, including riding in a Hummer and posing for glamour shots in short dresses.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026
"Beijing's intention, in short, is to internalise the cross-strait issue, treating it as a domestic matter for China, with foreign intervention prohibited," Mainland Affairs Council spokesman Liang Wen-chieh said Thursday.
From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026
Because household help was in short supply in wartime Washington, Elizebeth did a second shift when she got home.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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