run short
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As a result, fuel is starting to run short in the city leading to huge price rises.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
The shutdown has dragged on for months, and the department says it will soon run short of money External link needed to pay its roughly 50,000 Transportation Security Administration workers.
From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026
Social Security’s trust fund supporting seniors is expected to run short of money in a few short years, resulting in benefit cuts of 22.5% in 2033, according to the Trustees report released in June.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 17, 2026
But a UAW official told members in a Facebook post Monday that the Kentucky plant producing the Super Duty pickups “may run short today, tonight, and possibly over the next few shifts.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2025
When I don’t move, he meows, letting me know that his sympathy has run short, I crack my door and let him out as I flip on the light.
From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy
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