run out

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Recent Examples of run out After running out of steam with the uneven 1992 sister albums Lucky Town and Human Touch, Springsteen spent most of the decade raising his kids and tentatively circling a reunion with the E Street Band while searching for new directions. Ryan Leas, Vulture, 3 Apr. 2025 Stock is expected to be extremely limited and run out quickly, so most stores will likely implement a hard limit of one per customer. Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025 The overloaded vessel, named Helen, ran out of fuel before reaching the island and passengers were rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. prosecutors said. Michael Loria, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2025 Pete has a pretty good head start, but his dehydrated horse runs out of gas, stumbles, and crashes to the ground. Matt Cabral, EW.com, 23 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for run out
Recent Examples of Synonyms for run out
Verb
  • The president lost the 2020 election and was cast out into Florida.
    Miles Bryan, Vox, 20 Feb. 2025
  • After releasing the bass, Codd cast out again and hooked another triple on the same rig.
    Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 12 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Though Hargitay and Meloni are both married, the friends seem to get a kick out of riling up their fanbase, many of whom ship their Law & Order characters, Olivia Benson and Elliot Stabler, or even the actors themselves.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Binod was kicked out of Bhutan at 4 or 5 years old and lived for over a decade in a refugee camp in Nepal before coming to Idaho in his early 20s, his wife and lawyer told the Idaho Statesman.
    Carolyn Komatsoulis, Idaho Statesman, 11 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The agency said the longer bridge also allows for longer line-ups and safer traffic movements at the interchange, and the closing of the old loop ramp will eliminate traffic weaving.
    Jason Dill, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Lance Hunter, a professor at Augusta University in Georgia, said that eliminating defenses against foreign influence campaigns would leave the United States more vulnerable to them.
    Steven Lee Myers, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • While the sector has been excluded from the recent tariffs, levies could come in the future.
    Samantha Subin, CNBC, 9 Apr. 2025
  • What To Know Dimon is proposing to both increase the size of the credit and remove restrictions tied to family status—a move that would open EITC access to many workers that are currently excluded.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The 5-to-4 vote threw out a lower court's ruling to temporarily stop the deportations under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Read's defense keeps adding new players, and her lawyers recently petitioned the Supreme Court to throw out two of the three charges against her.
    Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 8 Apr. 2025

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“Run out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/run%20out. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.

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