stockpile
Example Sentences
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Long-term, he says, Europe needs to think about how to better build energy stockpiles and reduce or reorganise energy consumption to attain more control over sudden supply changes, like we're seeing now.
From BBC
Vessel-tracking data since the Iran war started indicates that some of this oil is still arriving in China - though analysts disagree on the exact size of China's oil stockpile.
From BBC
The Canadian army rushed to the cities the food they had stockpiled along the borders.
From Literature
Analysts surveyed by The Wall Street Journal had predicted crude stockpiles would decline by roughly 40,000 barrels.
"They cannot make a profit," he said, adding that some fishermen were still working thanks to fuel stockpiles.
From Barron's
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