run down
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But the Strait of Hormuz closure means those stockpiles have likely been run down.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
But when he opened the door, he looked disheveled, like he had stood up from his desk and run down the hall.
From Salon ● May 27, 2026
"Governments and central banks have had to respond to crisis after crisis and as they have done, they've run down the ability to respond," he warns.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
His replacement Ordaz put the game to rest, slotting in from a mazy run down the left and low cross by Bouanga.
From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 2026
We run down from the river out to the Bering Sea on a classic run.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
The family moved north, found a run-down marina on the Connecticut–Rhode Island border, and bought it.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026
Wolf, a construction worker who lived with his mother and aunt in a run-down apartment complex off Foothill Boulevard, vented in Instagram comments about the city’s handling of the homelessness crisis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2026
Pesarik’s claim for tax breaks on his other property, a run-down house he improved in Wakefield, N.H., wasn’t successful either—because he didn’t keep good records.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
It's no easy task in the run-down former mining town, with those interested in fashion careers looking to places such as Glasgow, around an hour's drive away, or even further afield.
From Barron's ● Feb. 20, 2026
There are ten leaking cabins, one main building, a run-down open-air chapel, and very few resources or supplies.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
