run out

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Recent Examples of run out That would be good news for Europe, whose airlines would have otherwise run out of jet fuel in about six weeks. Rob Crilly, The Washington Examiner, 17 Apr. 2026 Many of those positions had been paid for by federal COVID-19 relief money, which has now run out. Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Apr. 2026 While Democrats have continued to rail against the president, a growing number of Republicans have indicated that their support could run out if the war doesn't end before the 60-day mark — the cap on any unauthorized engagements under the 1973 War Powers Resolution. Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026 Corpus Christi officials have warned the city could run out of water and will release more reservoir water into Lake Corpus Christi to stave off the crisis, according to a news release Three Rivers issued on March 23. Noah Alcala Bach, San Antonio Express-News, 12 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for run out
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Verb
  • Both will be surrounded by streaks of bright, reflective material that were cast out during the violent asteroid impacts that formed the craters.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Who would cast out the kind of characters that Tucker Carlson and company are encouraging?
    David Remnick, New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Just six months on from Gateshead's resounding February 2011 triumph, fans were having to rally round to raise £100,000 in just 24 hours to prevent Wrexham from being kicked out of the Conference.
    Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
  • That includes people who were kicked out of their housing or disappeared from the system altogether.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Trump’s 2027 budget, released a few days before CISA issued its current advisory, proposes to cut more than seven hundred million dollars from the agency; among other things, the budget eliminates its election-security program.
    Sue Halpern, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Today, computer simulation and reams of telemetry data speed up designs and eliminate most of the guesswork.
    Thomas Black, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Under certain circumstances, these excluded victims and others who missed earlier filing deadlines can still sue the Sacklers directly.
    Craig R. McCoy, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The Chinese version of Apple Maps doesn’t recognize the sovereignty of Taiwan, and the Chinese version of iOS excludes Taiwan’s flag from the emoji keyboard.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 24 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Murakami is working on a two-year, $34 million deal, and in an era when some teams try to lock up young talent with long and lucrative contract extensions, a 25-game sample size is a little too small for Getz to start throwing out more years and dollars.
    Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 25 Apr. 2026
  • The senior right-hander gave up a two-out single in the fifth but that runner was thrown out trying to steal second.
    Lou Ponsi, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026

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“Run out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/run%20out. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.

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