stockpile
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If they follow through on plans to stockpile more oil, energy prices could stay higher for longer no matter what happens next in the Middle East.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
“For that reason we need to keep a large emergency stockpile and coordinate with allies in using it to absorb the shock of emergency disruptions.”
From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026
Under the proposed deal, Iran would restore the strait to its prewar status as a free and open international waterway, while both sides entered 60 days of negotiations over the removal of Iran’s nuclear stockpile.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
One of the main sticking points has been whether Tehran is willing to hand over its stockpile of highly enriched uranium.
From Barron's • May 25, 2026
A Jesuit mathematician did the geometry calculations to determine the distance to a stockpile of gunpowder the Dutch had brought ashore and the angle of elevation at which the cannon should be set.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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