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And with over 270 drugs already in short supply, the timing couldn’t be worse.
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Quartz Staff, Quartz, 6 May 2025
Even add-ons to the classic breakfast, such as bananas and blueberries, have been in short supply because of extreme weather.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 5 May 2025
Through a distribution cooperative, the Green Era Campus is returning finished compost to workers from the community to use in home gardens and commercial landscape projects in a city where clean, healthy soil is in short supply.
—Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 5 May 2025
Patience is in short supply this year in Chicago, where the Cubs have not hosted a playoff game since 2020 and Hoyer is working through the final year of his contract.
—Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 2 May 2025
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Quartz Staff, Quartz, 6 May 2025
Even add-ons to the classic breakfast, such as bananas and blueberries, have been in short supply because of extreme weather.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 5 May 2025
Through a distribution cooperative, the Green Era Campus is returning finished compost to workers from the community to use in home gardens and commercial landscape projects in a city where clean, healthy soil is in short supply.
—Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 5 May 2025
Patience is in short supply this year in Chicago, where the Cubs have not hosted a playoff game since 2020 and Hoyer is working through the final year of his contract.
—Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 2 May 2025
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“In short supply.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20short%20supply. Accessed 14 May. 2025.
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