there was a troubling shortage of supplies for the troops overseas this year
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For American farmers waiting on harvesting equipment, that means delays, shortages and higher costs down the line.—Veronique De Rugy, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025 Older neighborhoods throughout much of California face similar issues, as the state encourages developers to build more homes on less land to meet the statewide housing shortage.—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2025 Recovering and processing that gas, instead of wasting it, could ease Iraq's chronic power shortages.—Emma Graham, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2025 The outbreak was forcing a shortage of eggs as well, leading some grocers to restrict how many dozens of eggs consumers could buy per visit.—Olivia Evans, Louisville Courier Journal, 15 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for shortage
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