inventories
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Tank bottoms at Cushing would be a wake-up call that inventories are dangerously low.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026
Commercial inventories in Cushing are now at 22.4 million barrels, their lowest since December, after hovering around 30 million barrels earlier in the Iran conflict.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026
Instead, there’s nuance: U.S. commercial inventories may be adequate for now, but if the bulk of Middle Eastern oil supplies remains out of global reach for longer, then they could prove inadequate.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026
U.S. crude oil inventories extended their decline, falling by 8 million barrels, as exports rose and refineries ran near full capacity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
These are the ones that repeatedly turn up in style guides, pet-peeve lists, newspaper language columns, irate letters to the editor, and inventories of common errors in student papers.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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