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Discover Ludwig"ran dry" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to a situation where something has been completely used up or no longer has any remaining material or resources. For example: "The well soon ran dry, leaving the villagers without a source of water."
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Wells ran dry.
The luck ran dry".
Right on schedule, its fund ran dry.
But then even James' tank ran dry.
Last year their well ran dry.
Thereafter this vein virtually ran dry for 250 years.
"I would cry until the tears ran dry," she said.
This year, however, that well — and the pool — ran dry.
Last week, though, the well of nationalist delusion ran dry.
But that well ran dry in the fourth quarter.
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Cisterns had run dry.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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