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stockpile

[stok-pahyl] / ˈstɒkˌpaɪl /




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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

It’s important to find a way to devote some money to rainy-day savings, but fighting credit-card debt should take priority over building a cash stockpile, many financial advisers said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

A last-minute rush to stockpile for winter would send prices even higher.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

But ramping up missile production won’t immediately replenish the stockpile.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

Nan had a stockpile of quotes about lying, but I knew the situation called for more fibbing than usual, at least until I’d worked out what to do next.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry

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

Since Centrus’s enrichment operations stopped in 2013, the U.S. government has been drawing down Cold War-era stockpiles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 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

Iran has managed to dig out missiles trapped in underground facilities by U.S. attacks early in the war and has recently resumed production of new missiles from stockpiled parts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Europe has stockpiled only enough natural gas to get through a mild winter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

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

Fabric was getting harder to come by, but Sister Wanda had stockpiled quite a bit.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

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

A parallel framework between the U.S. and Japan added pricing measures and financing for projects, offtake, stockpiling and a rapid-response mechanism.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 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

The two countries struggled for supremacy using political maneuvering, stockpiling weapons, and fighting “proxy” wars in other, smaller countries where they didn’t directly engage each other.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge




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