run out

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Recent Examples of run out Its expansion represents a boost to the business relationship between China and Pakistan at a time when both seem to be running out of friends – and when their own alliance has grown fraught. Hasan Ali, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Feb. 2025 Snagging a deal on Woot is about being quick, as these deals don't stick for long, disappearing as soon as stock runs out (which is usually pretty quick). Gabriela Vatu, PCMAG, 13 Feb. 2025 At this rate, Pep Guardiola will soon run out of fingers to count Manchester City’s collapses on. Liam Tharme, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025 The second victim picked up the gun and ran out of the house behind the intruders. Mark Price, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for run out 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for run out
Verb
  • How getting divorced felt like being cast out of your own life and being dropped in the middle of an always shifting wilderness.
    Lizz Schumer, People.com, 28 Jan. 2025
  • Matthew will inevitably be cast out of Oliver’s circle–Oliver is fickle and insecure and sets his cohort against each other.
    Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 3 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Hampshire engaged regularly with Yang on Andrew's behalf on a regular basis but Yang has since been kicked out of Britain.
    Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Williams has just been kicked out of boy band Take That and finds himself on the precipice of stardom or obscurity.
    Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 7 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Companies across industries have scrambled to reduce carbon footprints, embrace renewable energy, and eliminate waste; all in pursuit of a more environmentally friendly future.
    Jason Phillips, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2025
  • The rationale is straightforward: since the administration has eliminated the CEQ regulations, and agency regulations were based on them, agencies should now align their procedures with the new CEQ framework.
    James Broughel, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • The offer excludes add-ons, extras, substitutions, Kid's Pizzas, gluten-free, taxes, and fees, and is not valid with any other offer or reward, or third-party delivery, the company said.
    Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2025
  • But not for trans people in these circumstances; they still get excluded.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 9 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Republican Senator Jerry Moran said the idea of a two-state solution cannot just be thrown out.
    Patricia Zengerle, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2025
  • This seems to entail throwing out the moderate coalitions governing European nations and replacing them with authoritarian, hard-right leaders.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 4 Feb. 2025

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