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• Will the Texans lock up the top selection, or will the Colts come up short instead?
  — Richard Morin, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2023
• Since that call, progressives have come up short in the 2022 primaries.
  — Rick Klein, ABC News, 22 June 2022
• Blum has advanced to the previous two state finals and has come up short each time.
  — David Hinojosa, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Nov. 2022
• In several games during the losing streak, OSU had fourth-quarter leads and chances to win, only to come up short.
  — oregonlive, 25 Feb. 2023
• Listeners searching for jazzy sonics in the work will mostly come up short.
  — Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2022
• Though there is movement in his direction, Kevin McCarthy's bid to win the House speakership has come up short again.
  — Natalie Andrews, WSJ, 6 Jan. 2023
• The big man spurned the NBA last year for a shot at some tournament redemption, only to come up short in what was likely his last college game.
  — Tom Withers, Chron, 20 Mar. 2022
• Supercars often come up short in the area of driver-assistance technology, and this is the case with the F8.
  — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 14 Jan. 2023
• Detroit has gotten closer to winning lately, but has still come up short.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 25 Nov. 2021
• Villains often prosper in the heat of battle, and heroes can come up short even with an entire stadium on their side.
  — Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2022
• But both of these methods come up short at answering some of the most fundamental questions about suicide.
  — Eleanor Cummins, WIRED, 14 Oct. 2022
• This past week in Alaska sports saw a pair of prep programs dominate, a pair of collegiate programs come up short and a junior team split a road series.
  — Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Dec. 2022
• James, in particular, began to fixate on the mounting failures and uncertainties, and the ways his field had come up short.
  — Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2021
• Other recent attempts to unionize at Amazon warehouses in the United States have come up short.
  — Catherine Thorbecke, CNN, 16 Dec. 2022
• The second effort to return the Electronic Entertainment Expo to an in-person event has come up short.
  — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Mar. 2023
• After making no secret of wanting to win an Academy Award, Taylor Swift has come up short twice in a single awards season.
  — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 24 Jan. 2023
• But refined performance, by definition, will come up short on both components of the blend.
  — Patrick Bedard, Car and Driver, 16 Sep. 2022
• In a back-and-forth Division 6 state semifinal, Lucas Leander would not let Rockland come up short.
  — Brendan Kurie, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Nov. 2021
• While the sleek lines are stunning, sometimes midcentury sofas come up short in the comfort department.
  — Maria Conti, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Apr. 2023
• The Sox never recovered, falling 8-2 in an uninspiring performance Wednesday and seeing a late rally come up short Thursday in a 4-2 loss.
  — Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2022
• Dracut's student section brought the intensity to Tsongas Center, but, sadly, watched their team come up short in the Division 2 state championship.
  — Trevor Hass, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Mar. 2023
• But Ballard has always talked about, and typically come up short, of building the kind of depth that would give the Colts the wave of pass rushers, and Indianapolis has decisions to make at defensive end due to free agency.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 3 Mar. 2023
• While games that decide district titles late in the regular season provide good entertainment there is also the drama of deciding what teams make the playoffs and what teams come up short.
  — Rick Kretzschmar, Dallas News, 20 Oct. 2022
• Kings, making the program's first-ever state semifinal appearance, saw its bid for a state championship come up short Friday night in heartbreaking fashion.
  — Shelby Dermer, The Enquirer, 26 Nov. 2022
• His outreach through informal networks to several countries, including Uzbekistan, had come up short.
  — Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2021
• Ownership opportunity for people who are working but earn less – People can work for years to build up financial momentum to buy a home and still come up short; CLTs help give an extra push into ownership.
  — Roger Valdez, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2022
• Federal laws meant to protect these spaces or Native American religious practices, often come up short.
  — USA Today, 17 Aug. 2021
• Now its most visible proponent, Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, has come up short in her election bid.
  — Christopher Beem, CNN, 15 Nov. 2022

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024