stockpile

Example Sentences

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And, whenever the market emerges from this crisis, oil-consuming countries are likely to stockpile more oil—adding to demand.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

“When the stockpile is stressed, as it was after Ukraine and then now with Iran, any surge in need leads to a backlog as they try to replenish,” McGinn said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

Claim: “They were also rapidly building a vast stockpile of conventional ballistic missiles and would have soon had missiles that could reach the American homeland, Europe, and virtually any other place on earth.”

From Slate • Apr. 2, 2026

Last month, all 32 member countries of the IEA agreed to make 400 million barrels of oil from the emergency stockpile available — or roughly 20% of the overall IEA supply.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

Dad always worked from sunup until sundown in the weeks before the first snow, trying to stockpile enough money from hauling scrap and building barns to outlast the winter, when jobs were scarce.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover