running out
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Back then, prisons were rapidly running out of cells because courts were jailing more criminals than the number being released - part of a 30-year trend.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
We wanted to see where it fails and what is the biggest impediment to making it 30-plus years following this strategy without running out of savings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
"People cannot get out of their homes. We are running out of food, so I came out to purchase some," Aduenan Surorot, a motorbike-taxi driver, told AFP outside a grocery store.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
Unless one or both of them is being groomed as a future “Update” co-host, time’s running out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
I would open the gate, and Mongo, who had heard his name, would come running out to his mother.
From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola
