shortage
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The civil lawsuit would target major producers including Cal-Maine Foods and Versova, which significantly hiked egg prices in 2024 and 2025 due to a supply shortage attributed to avian flu.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
The assumed resumption in the flow of maritime traffic through the passageway was good news for the U.S. stock market and helped ease concerns over a global shortage of oil.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026
Market research firms like IDC and Counterpoint Research have indicated that the weakness is in the Android market, while Apple gobbles up market share amid a memory chip shortage.
From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026
Fears about a shortage of naphtha - a petrochemical produced from crude oil and a key raw ingredient in plastics - are also simmering in Japan.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
Because of this, factories in the North and the Midwest suffered an immediate and extreme labor shortage.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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