reserve
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The Philippines is also establishing its first strategic petroleum reserve program.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Stale Solbakken, the Norway head coach, and Brede Hangeland, the team manager, have let fly in the media about a training game between the reserve players from the two countries that Clarke cancelled.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
Burke had proved himself a capable reserve outfielder who was popular with his teammates.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026
In other words, the reserves his company and others have been tapping — including the U.S. strategic petroleum reserve, which is supposed to be used only for global emergencies — are about to run out.
From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026
All of us kept a reserve supply, because some days—Sundays and holidays—the market would be closed, and we were never quite sure when this would happen.
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
Vocabulary lists containing reserve
"A Modest Proposal," Vocabulary from the satire
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The Middle East and Central Asia - Middle School
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The Middle East and Central Asia - High School
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