reserve
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Australia is among the countries pushing to store more of those, with a planned 264-million-gallon reserve of diesel and jet fuel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
But it also has a trained reserve force of close to 1 million and can mobilise a reserve army of 280,000 at short notice.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
The rescued bears - Bara, Rumi, Saebit, Yonggi and Huimang - are enjoying a new reserve at the park created specifically for them.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Myles Garrett being placed on injured reserve threatens to transform what was expected to be a ferocious Rams defense into something much more tame.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
On the far side of the waterway, the bright orange mesh fence barricaded the islands of the reserve.
From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins
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The deficit is being made up for with reserves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Carney said Canada had the reserves of critical minerals and clean energy that the world needs, calling these sectors the keys to "strategic autonomy."
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
Commercial fuel stocks around the world have been depleting for more than six months, and strategic crude reserves can’t be tapped much further.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
One of the environmental groups which brought the legal challenges, Uplift, has described OEUK's calls for support as a "fantasy" and says the North Sea is an "ultra-mature" basin with very little reserves left.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
The Frenchmen had been hidden in the forest on either side of the clearing, as reserves.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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The gift cards were paid for with asset forfeiture funds reserved for crime prevention.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
The public inquiry into the Lucy Letby case may have reserved the strongest criticism for the Countess of Chester Hospital and its management, but there are big questions for the wider NHS to answer too.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
North Korean state media have also referred to her as "the beloved child" and a "great person of guidance" -- "hyangdo" in Korean -- a term typically reserved for top leaders and their successors.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
Half of those tokens would be reserved for specific purposes; of those, 300 million will remain under the ownership of $LAPTOP’s founders for now.
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026
We marched up the middle of the aisle, banked on both sides by rows of seats reserved for our graduating class.
From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez
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Instead, customers are reserving compute capacity years in advance, often before the facilities required to provide it have even been completed.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
Playing the Disney slots means reserving a time on your preferred ride, telling the app you want to modify it, then refreshing over and over until a better time appears.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
For other passengers, reserving a seat is optional.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
While praising the VA for reserving the contract for businesses owned by disabled veterans, Sherin said the plan lacks the ingredient he views as most important.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
She’s already claimed a computer and her plaid backpack is draped across a second chair, reserving the seat for me.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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