out of gas
Example Sentences
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Drivers had to burn gas to find gas, creeping from station to station, looking for the green flags that meant “open,” not the red flags that signaled “closed” or “out of gas.”
From Los Angeles Times
That does not mean India will run out of gas overnight.
From BBC
With the worst of the winter heating season over, the region is unlikely to run out of gas.
The boost Baker-Mazara provided eventually ran out of gas.
From Los Angeles Times
The large cluster of skaters behind them held back, hoping the two leaders would run out of gas and drift back into the pack before the final sprint.
From Los Angeles Times
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