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stockpile

[stok-pahyl] / ˈstɒkˌpaɪl /




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They also said Europe’s strategic reserves of gasoline are four times smaller than its stockpile of diesel.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

It wants us to stockpile canned food and drinking water, strengthen our civic resilience, and plan for the possibility of war.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

To deal with shortfalls and delays, the Pentagon is "working to streamline procurement processes and production lead times, and to stockpile critical materials, components, and selected munitions," the report said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

Excimer lasers are used in semiconductor manufacturing, but the government’s work on laser fusion for energy and managing the country’s nuclear weapons stockpile shifted to glass lasers instead.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

I took a five of diamonds from the stockpile and slid it beside a five of spades in my hand.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen

The Times reports on the agreement by G7 countries to release 100 million barrels of "emergency stockpiles of fuel and avert a US export ban".

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

However, they noted that the release of European strategic stockpiles of diesel could offset around half of that price rise.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

The war started in late February, just around the time refiners the world over were building up their jet-fuel stockpiles ahead of the summer travel season.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

Meanwhile, oil stockpiles continue dropping toward record lows, as highlighted by a new analysis from the S&P Global Energy Fuels and Refining team, which warned “winter is coming for diesel markets.”

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026

At Birkenau, we had seen the stockpiles of riches in “Canada,” the camp storehouse.

From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz

Mum-of-three Kay Devonshire-Murphy, from Fareham, said she stockpiled uniforms across the year from charity shops and second hand sales.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

It has manufactured and stockpiled around 620,000 doses.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

The digital version of the store offered coupons for 20% off a single item but didn’t accept the paper coupons that most shoppers had stockpiled.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

DOHA, Qatar-With the Strait of Hormuz gradually reopening, Gulf oil producers face a new test: how fast they can clear shipping bottlenecks and turn stockpiled crude into exports.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

In contrast, once food can be stockpiled, a political elite can gain control of food produced by others, assert the right of taxation, escape the need to feed itself, and engage full-time in political activities.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Other efforts are afoot to boost U.S. copper supplies—mining projects, a new refinery, a new government-supported stockpiling program.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Some countries airlift or airdrop humanitarian relief supplies, but are also concerned about stockpiling for themselves.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

“We are also seeing resource nationalism and de-globalization. Copper is one of the most visible examples of this strategic stockpiling theme, but it applies to all critical minerals,” Wolf told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 13, 2026

Government responses have included daily individual caps on fuel purchases, a ban on stockpiling and an alternating licence-plate scheme intended to reduce the number of cars filling up.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

Her stockpiling of power had wreaked havoc on nature.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo




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