surplus
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ILI Group CEO Mark Wilson said they want to make better use of that surplus energy.
From BBC • Jun. 26, 2026
It’s not a straight line from cease-fire to a reopened strait to barrels flooding back to a surplus, and no single one of those steps is automatic, she said.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 25, 2026
That would be below the 75 Bcf average build for the week and trim the surplus over the 2021-2025 average to 146 Bcf from 151 Bcf the previous week.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026
Goldman expects prices to remain relatively resilient in 2027 despite forecasting a 3.2 million barrel-a-day surplus, saying that low inventories and strategic stockpiling will cushion the impact.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026
Our water is the Appalachian wilderness, our boats, the army surplus jeeps we count on to navigate our washboard roads and the hairpin curves across the mountains.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
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