shortage
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At that time, Europe led the coal purchases, with global competition for the fuel causing a shortage that drove benchmark prices to new records.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026
Over time, that energy shortage could weaken communication in the brain and contribute to memory and thinking problems.
From Science Daily • May 16, 2026
The implications of an oil supply shortage are vast.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
He promised to end Bolivia's worst economic crisis in four decades, marked by an acute shortage of foreign currency and fuel.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
But after the oil crash and the onset of the energy crisis, large cities had been flooded with refugees from surrounding suburban and rural areas, resulting in a massive urban housing shortage.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
Vocabulary lists containing shortage
World War I
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World War II
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