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“As bauxite and alumina stockpiles dwindle, more Middle Eastern aluminum supply is expected to be curtailed,” Dhar says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026

The question is whether price increases accelerate as inventory sources dwindle.

From MarketWatch ● May 13, 2026

Now he’s watched the Lakers’ seemingly insurmountable three-games-to-none series lead dwindle to 3-2 after a 99-93 loss to the Houston Rockets on Wednesday at Crypto.com Arena.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026

When supplies dwindle competition for them intensifies between the two major importing regions: Asia and Europe.

From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026

My sentences will dwindle, darn, steadily unravel themselves.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

Markets are focused on the rupee as it dwindles toward the psychological breakwater of 100 to the dollar.

From Barron's ● May 21, 2026

As time dwindles, the Internal Revenue Service has received over 1 million fewer income-tax returns compared to the same point a year ago.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 9, 2026

A study published last week by S&P Global estimates that AI will help lift copper demand 50% from current levels by 2040, while mining output dwindles, resulting in a 25% shortfall.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026

If US demand for UK products dwindles due to the extra charges importers face, this could hit profit margins and ultimately lead to UK job cuts unless British firms find new customers outside the US.

From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2025

“His wife is ill, and he has closed his shop. My business dwindles daily. I have already lost one of my lads, gone with his family to Wilmington.”

From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson

The population dwindled to about 1,000 butterflies in the 1970s, when it was named an endangered species.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026

By the two-year anniversary of the bombing, the full-time task force of 120 investigators—who had interviewed nearly 5,000 individuals and pursued leads in 38 states and three countries—had dwindled to several detectives.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

Aid deliveries that reached the camp weeks ago have dwindled as services across the city are repeatedly hit.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

The prospect of imminent rate cuts has vanished but the chances of rises too have dwindled.

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026

The island slowly dwindled until it disappeared in a glimmer of light.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

The Ukrainians have been defending against Iranian-made Shahed suicide drones, fending off the types of attacks the U.S. military and its allies now face in the Middle East with dwindling supplies of air-defense stocks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

As well as their overheating bodies, the other issue for bumblebees is dwindling supplies of food.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

The Japanese parliament has approved a bill to relax imperial succession rules, amid concerns over the dwindling size of the imperial family.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

Some Iranian officials feared dwindling supplies posed a risk of social unrest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

“I won’t. This is a ridiculous waste of our precious and dwindling time.”

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs