run dry
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Industry group Fuels for Ireland said 100 petrol retailers have run dry, mainly in the west of Ireland, after customers started panic buying.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
Let the SPR run dry, perhaps by gradually selling forward contracts on its output.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
An overhaul of municipal water supply systems would address the "dysfunction" that had seen taps run dry in many towns and cities, he said, adding he would head a new National Water Crisis Committee.
From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026
Where aquifer levels decline, wells and faucets increasingly sputter and run dry, people drill deeper and the land can sink as underground spaces collapse.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2025
As it happened, however, the well was about to run dry.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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