Sentence examples for bread shortage from inspiring English sources

Zimbabwe's biggest baker said it had all but run out of flour, raising fears that the nation's chronic bread shortage will soon get much worse, the state-run newspaper The Herald reported.

Now that New York City is gaining the upper hand in the water crisis and electricity is again pulsing through the wires, it's time to look at some other shortages that have been creeping up on us: Commissioner of Starch Marketing Carmine L. Finucci says the bread shortage is approaching a critical level.

We don't know the name of the night he was attending on Monday - let's just call it "Fuck Off I AM London" - but it would appear to be the soiree equivalent of suggesting a bread shortage might be solved by the consumption of cake.

By Gordon Cotler The New Yorker, December 18 , 1965P. 188 Now that New York City is gaining the upper hand in the water crisis and electricity is again pulsing through the wires, it's time to look at some other shortages that have been creeping up on us: Commissioner of Starch Marketing Carmine L. Finucci says the bread shortage is approaching a critical level.

Electricity cuts chill and darken homes and create bread shortages, even in the capital.

There are no bread shortages, or ragged barefoot soldiers, or aristocrats in thrall to mad monks.

Curbs on bread subsidies provoked riots in 1977 and, as recently as 2008, President Hosni Mubarak faced protests over bread shortages.

Bread shortages, along with other factors, helped to spur the unrest that led to Mr. Mubarak's fall.

When riots broke out during bread shortages in March 2008, the army stepped in and distributed bread from its own bakeries, burnishing its reputation as Egypt's least corrupt and most efficient state institution.

In a report on Friday that quoted international grain traders, Reuters said Syria was struggling to meet its import needs, which raised the prospect of bread shortages that could sap public support for the regime.

Bread shortages have also been reported across Syria in Deir al-Zour, Raqqa, Idlib, Homs and even the suburbs of Damascus, with YouTube videos showing long lines in various towns.