Historical clue formulations

• Was used up — 2026-06-26
• Was exhausted / Lustful — 2025-07-03
• Was totally used up — 2017-09-30
• Became less than a trickle — 2014-06-01
• Stopped flowing — 2013-02-23
• Was used up — 2011-06-01
• Stopped flowing — 2010-01-08
• Stopped flowing, as a stream — 2004-03-17
• Petered out — 1997-03-02