11.   Newspapers that were even mildly critical of the government saw their newsprint supply shrink or disappear altogether in a cloud of official excuses.

12.   That trend is likely to become more pronounced as beef supplies shrink.

13.   The additional supplies could shrink the backwardation in crude prices, reducing the premium for prompt crude compared with forward deliveries.

14.   The blood supply could shrink if smallpox vaccinations became widely used because donors are rejected for one year after a vaccination.

15.   The Freon supply shrank more quickly than expected.

16.   The supply shrinks.

17.   This year, those supplies are shrinking earlier than usual.

18.   Crude-oil prices have risen sharply this year as the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries limited production and U.S. supplies shrank.

19.   Crude oil prices have risen sharply this year as oil-producing nations limited production and U.S. supplies shrank.

20.   Crude-oil prices have risen sharply this year as the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries limited production and U.S. supplies shrank.