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"has run dry" is correct and can be used in written English.
It means that something has completely run out or is no longer available. It can be used in any situation where something has reached its limit or is no longer available. Example: Our budget for the project has run dry, so we will have to cut back on expenses.
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But it has run dry.
New York's Superfund account has run dry.
The inkwell of inspiration has run dry.
Now, though, the stimulus tap has run dry.
But in these parts the luck has run dry.
If the states are laboratories of democracy, then the Republican Party's research pipeline has run dry.
The canal which once brought water from Ukraine's Dnieper River has run dry.
But the pipeline that produced Brad Friedel, Kasey Keller, Tony Meola and Howard has run dry.
Twenty-four hours ago today, I was thinking almost precisely: "The well has run dry".
American officials have also worried that the spent-fuel pool at that reactor has run dry, exposing the rods.
You think the well has run dry, maybe somewhere in the heavens the tap has been turned off.
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