run out

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Recent Examples of run out Whether that divorce happens this offseason via a trade or next offseason when his contract runs out remains to be seen. Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025 That’s enough to keep your small gadgets going, and when the power runs out, simply unfurl the book-sized 40-watt solar panel. Simon Hill, Wired News, 11 July 2025 If Colorado runs out of cap space, that bonus won’t count against the books next season and will carry over to the following year instead. Harman Dayal, New York Times, 11 July 2025 Holmes threw 87 pitches, right around where the Mets typically keep the converted starter, running out of gas. Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 9 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for run out
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Verb
  • On July 5, the low angle of the sun will cast prominent shadows along the eastern rim of the impact crater, while highlighting reflective debris streaks known as ejecta rays that were cast out during its creation some 800 million years ago.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 5 July 2025
  • Meyer captured the ancient light cast out by the Lagoon and Trifid Nebula over 34 hours in May 2025, while observing under the near-pristine dark skies of Arizona, a little north of Ash Fork.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 13 June 2025
Verb
  • The next day, the complaint said, he was kicked out of the bar again and again fired shots, both at the bar and toward a group of people.
    Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 3 July 2025
  • He was put on a two-year probation by the Grand Slam Board in 2017 after insulting a female chair umpire at the U.S. Open and getting kicked out of that tournament.
    Howard Fendrich, Baltimore Sun, 30 June 2025
Verb
  • This combined with the abrupt elimination of the investment tax credit and electricity production tax credit after 2027 threatens to eliminate 300 gigawatts of wind and solar projects over the next 10 years, which is equivalent to about $450 billion worth of infrastructure investment, Hensley said.
    Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 30 June 2025
  • That’s not going to eliminate the nest, and ants may return when the chemical residue has diminished.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 30 June 2025
Verb
  • In addition, revisions to the RAP plan would allow married borrowers to exclude their spouse’s income by filing separate tax returns – a significant change given that the prior version of the senate bill had excluded this language.
    Adam S. Minsky, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • Fifteen participants figured out this predictive workaround on their own and were excluded from the remainder of the experiment.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 June 2025
Verb
  • And wanting everyone at the end of this to be so delighted with me was a hard thing to throw out of the basket.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 30 June 2025
  • Trump in recent days has also inserted himself into Israeli domestic affairs, calling for charges against Netanyahu in his ongoing corruption trial to be thrown out.
    Aamer Madhani, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2025

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“Run out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/run%20out. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.

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