run out

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Recent Examples of run out The time to clean up the Indian River Lagoon and other critical water bodies is running out. Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2025 Gi-hun and Jung-bae run out of hope and ammunition and surrender the fight. Esther Kang, People.com, 26 June 2025 Powell’s term as governor itself doesn’t expire until 2028, though the chair term runs out next year. Jeff Cox, CNBC, 26 June 2025 Batteries would run out, or ear tags could get caught and removed as a cow moved through a farm. Chris Stokel-Walker, Fortune, 26 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for run out
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Verb
  • 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
  • Lower down the ballot, in a sweeping show of dissatisfaction, voters cast out more than two dozen Democratic state lawmakers.
    David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 13 June 2025
Verb
  • After Raw came back from it final commercial break, Rhodes and Uso went back and forth kicking out of their signature moves, including a Spear and a Super Cody Cutter.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
  • Come that summer, Doherty was kicked out of the band once again, and turned his full attention towards Babyshambles, this time bringing onboard Walden on lead guitar, Gemma Clarke on drums, Jamie Perrett on guitar, and Peter Perrett Jr. on bass to play shows.
    Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 23 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
  • And a ProPublica analysis identified more than 600 complaints in the FDA’s files about exempted drugs at three of those factories alone, each flagging concerns in the months or years after they were excluded from import bans in 2022 and 2023.
    Debbie Cenziper, CNN Money, 20 June 2025
  • Identical sales, excluding fuel, rose 3.2% compared to the year-ago period, with growth coming from pharmacy, e-commerce and fresh groceries.
    Melissa Repko, CNBC, 20 June 2025
Verb
  • The Dallas Wings rookie and UConn women’s basketball legend threw out the first pitch at the Texas Rangers game against the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday.
    Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 19 June 2025
  • An inning later, Bellinger was thrown out trying to stretch his run-scoring single into a double.
    Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 19 June 2025

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“Run out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/run%20out. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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