How to Use run dry in a Sentence

run dry

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  • This means that even a small city would run dry after just a decade or so.
    — Martin Elvis, Space.com, 14 Sep. 2026
  • The big question is if the well will run dry sooner rather than later.
    — Michael Lewis, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • Running on fumes But after more than four years of war, that well is running dry.
    — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 2 July 2026
  • And the Rio Grande that ran dry through a long stretch of the state was overflowing.
    — Mead Gruver, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The gold ran dry about 10 years after its founding, but the town didn’t quite disappear.
    — Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • These machines need gallons of gas to operate and nearby gas stations in two states ran dry.
    — Jerry Shnay, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Because our airports need capital, and the old ways of raising it are running dry.
    — Frank Holmes, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • And since natural sources can run dry over time, the bronze hall serves as a means to nourish Heaven and Earth.
    — ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026
  • But the bigger story may be what happens a few years later, when the program’s main trust fund is projected to run dry.
    — Fernanda Tronco, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Others worry that wells and aquifers could run dry or electricity bills will skyrocket.
    — Marc Levy, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2026
  • While federal pandemic aid has boosted the state budget for years, that funding is running dry.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026
  • Researchers project that the well of high-quality training data could run dry as early as the 2030s.
    — Charles Yeomans, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • However, by 2033, when the trust runs dry, this increases to $705 a month.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026
  • While there is no solid evidence that psychics can solve crimes, some law enforcement agencies use them when traditional leads run dry.
    — Amanda Musa, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
  • California water agencies may get a new defense in lawsuits over hydrants running dry in wildfires.
    — Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • His taconite mine in Virginia paused operations more than a year ago, which means unemployment benefits have run dry.
    — Erin Hassanzadeh, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The district has felt the strain more acutely in recent years after billions in federal pandemic relief dollars ran dry.
    — Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Bears coach Ben Johnson believes in Caleb Williams to make late-game plays, but that well runs dry eventually.
    — Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • As those funding sources ran dry, Hauge said the relative volume of eviction notifications spiked.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Eventually, the market for new factories in China will run dry, as did the market for property.
    — Michael B. G. Froman, Foreign Affairs, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Medicare’s Hospital Insurance fund is estimated to run dry around the same time.
    — Veronique De Rugy, Oc Register, 27 Aug. 2026
  • At the 2024 Le Mans, a nighttime safety car period lasted four hours, and tanks began to run dry.
    — Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 11 July 2026
  • The trust fund the program relies on to pay retirement benefits is expected to run dry in six years, at which point those monthly checks would be funded only by payroll taxes.
    — Lorie Konish, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Hillside tanks ran out of water, and many hydrants, particularly in higher-elevation areas, lost pressure and ran dry.
    — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • What happens to Social Security beneficiaries if the trust fund runs dry?
    — Medora Lee, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026
  • As businesses reopened almost overnight, inventories at every level of the supply chain had run dry, demand surged, and freight rates spiked to record levels at a moment when there were simply not enough trucks on the road.
    — Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The Forbes Five-Star spa there runs dry saunas lined with Himalayan salt walls, steam rooms and both hot and cold plunge pools, the kind of setup built for exactly the aches a ski day leaves behind.
    — Winston Ross, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • Restaurants that had gotten regular deliveries from its Charlotte facility to feed hungry breakfast customers had also run dry.
    — Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The well of initiation ran dry, and Wilson desperately created offense out of necessity.
    — Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 11 July 2026
  • Experts don’t currently believe there is a risk of people’s taps running dry; the Colorado River is a slow-moving crisis and many water managers have taken steps to prepare.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026

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