Our depleted resources.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Verb (used with object), : The fire had depleted the game in the forest. Extravagant spending soon depleted his funds.    From Dictionary.com. 

This is especially true for bucks, whose fat stores are depleted from the rut.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trophy Season] Reference

In the West, keeping them green is draining what little water is left in depleted water-tables.    From Wordnik.com.  [First Sustainable New Housing Development in the Region.] Reference

As we remarked earlier, so depleted is our helicopter force that Browne is having to scavenge one from the Falklands and has managed to "tease out" one from the UK.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ideas above his station] Reference

It's called depleted uranium or DU and some veterans are now suing the Army over what they say are health risks from their exposure to DU.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 5, 2007] Reference

And then, by the year 2038, the social security trust fund is going to be depleted, which is what they're trying to avoid on that panel there.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 22, 2001] Reference

They are suspected to have got the radioactive material, also known as depleted uranium, from an imported scrap consignment belonging to a Navi Mumbai company.    From Wordnik.com.  [Top Headlines] Reference

Darin Manis, said Merrill's prestige is being "depleted" by the bank.    From Wordnik.com.  [Merrill's Sontag Will Step Down] Reference

Radioactivity from "depleted" uranium weaponry is slowly destroying the planetary gene pool.    From Wordnik.com.  [We need Greens in Congress] Reference

The spread of radioactive material is accelerating, as the warmakers continue to use "depleted" uranium.    From Wordnik.com.  [no more time!] Reference

The United States does use "depleted" uranium in its heavy munitions, and as counterweights in airplanes.    From Wordnik.com.  [What to do with toxic coal ash?] Reference

Standing in the way of a recovery are deep-seated problems such as depleted home equity and high personal-debt levels.    From Wordnik.com.  [Less Shopping = Fewer Malls] Reference

The "depleted" uranium used in armour-penetrating shells, by contrast, is almost pure.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Economist: Correspondent's diary]

The whale is also listed as "depleted" under the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972.    From Wordnik.com.  [Green Options] Reference

My research on "depleted" uranium weapons was aided immensely by Marion Fulk of Livermore.    From Wordnik.com.  [WHAT REALLY HAPPENED] Reference

"I think that foul call kind of depleted us in terms of our focus mentally," Pondexter said.    From Wordnik.com.  [NYT > Home Page] Reference

The enrichment process, which provides the military with "depleted" uranium free, uses low grade coal.    From Wordnik.com.  [RutlandHerald.com] Reference

They also said they aren't seeing other traditional signs of deer overpopulation, such as depleted underbrush.    From Wordnik.com.  [StarTribune.com rss feed] Reference

Ohio - Considering the recent injuries suffered by the Islanders 'defense, "depleted" seems an understatement.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Business News] Reference

The MMPA specifically prohibits the importation of any "depleted" animal, regardless of when the animal was taken.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference

Gates Foundation rhetoric makes Africa sound like a basket case, land-wise: references to "depleted" or "degraded" soils.    From Wordnik.com.  [Grist - the Latest from Grist] Reference

The term "depleted" refers only to its being depleted of the U-235 isotope needed for fission reactions in nuclear reactors.    From Wordnik.com.  [Signs of the Times] Reference

India name depleted squad for one-day series.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to India vs South Africa 1st ODI live scores and streaming , Jaipur] Reference

The movement has exhausted itself and depleted its resources.    From Wordnik.com.  [Requiem for the Right] Reference

Spare capacity has been depleted, as demand outruns new supply.    From Wordnik.com.  [Learning From the Oil Shock] Reference

Several states 'unemployment funds are in danger of being depleted.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Quitter Economy] Reference

Crops have failed and "depleted food stocks could be leading to famine.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Searching For El Nino] Reference

The Allies faced 56 depleted German divisions; in Russia, Hitler had 157.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why The Allies Won] Reference

It's as if, as Greene says, your system is so depleted, your body is crying starvation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Five Myths About Sleep and Insomnia] Reference

She's counting on me to make certain that image is not replaced by something empty and depleted.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE CULTURE OF EACH LIFE] Reference

If not, China may become another Newfoundland, where fish stocks were depleted a decade ago and still haven't recovered.    From Wordnik.com.  [China's Statistics Are Fishier Than Its Oceans] Reference

Yet your story highlights the fact that as local resources are being depleted, local bitterness and resentment are growing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mail Call: The Lure Of Tourism] Reference

But doctors worry that their arsenal of pharmaceutical weapons against drug-resistant bacteria is becoming seriously depleted.    From Wordnik.com.  [Antibiotics] Reference

Her silver medal at the 1984 Olympics, with the field depleted by a Soviet boycott, was expected to be the pinnacle of her career.    From Wordnik.com.  [Death Catches Flojo] Reference