stockpile

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After a further five weeks of war, today Iran maintains its stockpile of near-weapons grade enriched uranium which is thought to be contained in gas cylinders under rubble.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

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

So we learned to stockpile enormous quantities of information outside our bodies.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan