run out

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Recent Examples of run out Jobs in international development are scarce, and her unemployment benefits are about to run out. Sadie Dingfelder, New Yorker, 21 July 2025 That’s because on July 3, congressional funding ran out for the federal program that pays private attorneys to represent indigent defendants who, for various reasons, can’t be represented by federal public defender organizations such as Federal Defenders of San Diego. Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2025 Then again, Colbert will keep working until his contract runs out; CBS would have had to keep paying him anyway. Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 19 July 2025 No loud generator, no fumes, no worries about running out to refuel. Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for run out
Recent Examples of Synonyms for run out
Verb
  • Nuisance reports and bear sightings peak in June and July as yearling bears are cast out on their own and work to establish a home range.
    Katie Nixon, Nashville Tennessean, 5 June 2025
  • There’s the emerging talents and then the ones that are still going who have a wealth of knowledge and experience and have somehow been cast out or are not the cool person.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 18 May 2025
Verb
  • In 2018, the pair had a public fallout when Buckingham was kicked out of the band and placed the blame on Nicks.
    Jordana Comiter, People.com, 19 July 2025
  • Brooks Jensen, who was violently kicked out of his faction in June, reemerged last night with a new brand and a new target.
    Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 July 2025
Verb
  • The brand eliminates harsh chemicals, uses glass and aluminum packaging, and ensures every formula is effective and environmentally respectful.
    Meggen Harris, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
  • The winner secured the Western Conference’s eighth seed, the loser was eliminated.
    Doug Haller, New York Times, 24 July 2025
Verb
  • Thanks to the Senate parliamentarian, who disallowed a clause that excluded foreign students from the count, UChicago’s tax bill will likely be unchanged.
    Clifford Ando, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2025
  • That excludes Tetairoa McMillan, Jayden Higgins, and Kyle Williams from this list.
    Steve Bradshaw, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
Verb
  • That didn't stop Boston's 2004 World Series champion and MLB Network analyst Kevin Millar from throwing out a hypothetical for a future Hall of Famer.
    Tim Crowley, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 July 2025
  • Her lawyers have asked the Supreme Court to throw out her case, arguing a non-prosecution agreement that Epstein made with federal prosecutors in Florida in 2007 allegedly barred her subsequent prosecution in New York more than a decade later.
    James Hill, ABC News, 24 July 2025

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