Words similar to shortage

Example sentences for: shortage

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There is, of course, no shortage of entertainment facilities, and Puerto de Colón has become not just a favorite place to wander around and watch the boats, but a center for some really neat and unusual adventures that merit description.
5. Prices fear as oil shortage puts pressure on refining.
Apparently there was a shortage of male dummies, because General Custer had red lips, boobs, and a luxurious, long blonde wig.
The people of Belgrade had reconciled themselves to every shortage except that of cigarettes, he reported, quoting a young Serb woman as saying that this could be the first thing to destabilize the Milosevic regime because "the Serbs can't live without tobacco."
Both of California's senators opposed the measure, says the paper, citing a recent government finding that there's no farm labor shortage.