"shortage" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Or have they, he wondered, killed off all the herds already in panic over coming shortages?
- Such a supply blockade, if enacted, would probably be felt quickly in the republic, where Lithuanians already have been anxious over possible shortages of gasoline.
- September-October - Riots over shortages of bread in many towns across Britain.
- Malawians have taken to the streets in their thousands over shortages of foreign currencies and imports such as fuel.
- Demonstrations rocked Santiago almost daily in protest over shortages of food and other essentials.
- Concerted action is needed to reverse the present trend of inequitable resource consumption, and over increasing shortages and environmental degradation.
- Earlier this summer, the cigarette shortage added to public outrage over shortages of basic foodstuffs.
- Some people say the best way to resolve the tensions over prices and shortages may be to scrap the agreement and replace it with a free market.
- It has already had public protests this winter over chronic shortages of electricity, which is used for heat by three quarters of the population.
- Those pressures create conflicts over shortages of land (as in Rwanda), water, forests, fish, oil, and minerals.
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