in short supply
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Until the debt crisis, it was in short supply in Greece.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026
Unlike gas for cars, diesel is in short supply because of a lack of global refining capacity, a problem that will continue for some time.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026
Yet optimism seemed in short supply at the Manama Dialogue, an annual security and geopolitical summit held in the Bahraini capital.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
Samsung is the world's largest maker of memory chips -- components in short supply as advanced types are snapped up for use in data centres powering artificial intelligence.
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026
Fuller understood that there are two routes to power in America—money and people—and dollars were in short supply in the neighborhoods he was trying to organize.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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