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
  • Adding fuel to the feud, DeSantis had cast out Susie Wiles, who was Trump’s 2024 co-campaign manager and is now his chief of staff.
    Brett Samuels, The Hill, 23 July 2025
  • Bright streaks known as ejecta rays can also be spotted leading away from large impact sites — such as the vast Tycho crater scarring the south lunar region — where reflective material was excavated and cast out across the lunar surface during particularly violent events.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 10 July 2025
Verb
  • Some fans got a kick out of that reply from Fortson.
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2025
  • Ozzy Osbourne was kicked out of Black Sabbath in 1979 due to a combination of substance abuse, personal conflicts, and creative stagnation within the band.
    Amanda Castro Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025
Verb
  • The winner secured the Western Conference’s eighth seed, the loser was eliminated.
    Doug Haller, New York Times, 24 July 2025
  • Any year before that is not as apt of a comparison, considering MLB eliminated the waiver trade deadline — which allowed teams to make deals until Aug. 31, even after the traditional trade deadline had passed — in 2019.
    Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 24 July 2025
Verb
  • That excludes Tetairoa McMillan, Jayden Higgins, and Kyle Williams from this list.
    Steve Bradshaw, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
  • 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
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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“Run out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/run%20out. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.

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