1. Anxious residents stripped supermarket shelves of essentials, and hunkered down in their homes, while government officials closed the San Juan airport and ordered people off beaches. 2. Fans stripped shelves of World Cup garb. 3. Other retail outlets, also trying to survive, have taken an approach different to Wal-Mart, almost stripping shelves bare until the economy turns around. 4. Supermarket shelves have been stripped of sugar, rice, cooking oil and other staples in the past week as Indonesians hoarded in anticipation of price increases. 5. Supermarket shelves have been stripped of sugar, rice, cooking oil and other staples in the past week as Indonesians hoarded the staples in anticipation of price increases. 6. The nation is quickly buying up stocks of gas masks, shelves are being stripped of antibiotics, and bottled water may not be far behind. 7. The shelves had been stripped bare and the shoppers were frantically loading up on what they could find. 8. They strip the shelves bare, and the potter must fill them again before admitting the next group. 9. She was one of hundreds who stripped the shelves and filled shopping carts, boxes and bags at the Golden Truly supermarket in the center of Jakarta. 10. The buying frenzy stripped the shelves in some stores quickly. |