hoarded

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Ironically, some of the more shareholder-unfriendly banks have a lot of capital because they hoarded the capital; they didn’t allocate it.

From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026

Unified has enough money hoarded in reserves to reach a desired agreement.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Undertaker Robert Bush hoarded dozens of bodies and half a tonne of human ashes.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

As with gold, silver has long been hoarded by investors worried about inflation, government debt, and the overall safety of the modern financial system.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

Trolls that could smell magic and hoarded it and guarded a poison apple tree, a stiltskin.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff