deplete

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If constrained flows persist long enough to deplete buffers—potentially beyond about six weeks—manufacturers could face tighter allocations and higher procurement costs, they add.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

If I deplete my primary emergency savings and need additional funds, it’s there.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 14, 2026

However, recent warmer temperatures this winter and extreme wind events have beaten down the wildflowers and signaled that summer is approaching, which can deplete the bloom, according to Fraga.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

But Jean Simard, president and chief executive of the Aluminium Association of Canada, told the BBC that Americans are starting to feel squeezed as their stockpiles of the metal deplete.

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025

Our bottles and skin are fairly full, but with two drinking and this hot sun it won't take long to deplete them.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins