shortage
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Spain has a shortage of more than 700,000 homes, according to the country’s central bank.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Samsung Electronics forecast Thursday a more than 780 percent leap in third-quarter operating profit from a year earlier, buoyed by high memory chip prices as AI fuels a global supply shortage.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
And, with the likes of Phil Foden, Cole Palmer, Morgan Gibbs-White and Eberechi Eze, there are no shortage of options to fill the Bellingham role.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Deol said that, although freight prices had risen after the driver shortage, his company’s costs rose faster than customers’ rates could catch up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Well, truthfully, Mrs. Galley, you may have heard about the worldwide pencil shortage.
From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick
Despite chronic electricity shortages across North Korea, areas around electric fences along the border with China are brightly lit so that guard posts can easily spot potential defectors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
The protesters are complaining about staff shortages and dilapidated facilities in the country's lycées, schools which are attended by 15-18-year-olds.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Elizabeth Salmon, UN special rapporteur on human rights in North Korea, said this year that food shortages remained a key humanitarian concern in the country.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
In August, military families and lawmakers sounded the alarm about issues including reported suicide attempts and food shortages aboard the carrier.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
He said economic change could solve food shortages, and he dispatched officials to study Chinese-style capitalism.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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