shortage
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Cheyenne shows what happens when the AI surge lands in a place with a critical labor and housing shortage.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Laurence Findlay, president of the Association of Directors of Education in Scotland, said there was a "persistent and worsening shortage" of specialist teachers.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
The same shortage is a windfall for the companies on the other side of the wall, and the contrast is the most useful map an investor has.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026
And at a press conference on the shortage of non-fossil fuels needed to decarbonise air travel, EU regulations on the minimum amounts of such fuels required in aircraft tanks came under fire.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
“No shortage of accommodation,” Bushra says as we pass yet another abandoned ruin.
From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell
Vocabulary lists containing shortage
World War I
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World War II
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