stockpile
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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
It also found that the county lacked a “wildfire personal protective equipment stockpile or distribution model,” which slowed that process.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
A last-minute rush to stockpile for winter would send prices even higher.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
It is no longer possible to stockpile materials well in advance; what today may be the most promising of insecticidal chemicals may be the dismal failure of tomorrow.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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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
The article—by reporters Jonathan Swan, Adam Entous, and Maggie Haberman—adds that those commanders are alarmed by how much the war has depleted U.S. weapons stockpiles, including long-range missiles and interceptors to thwart air attacks.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026
"The United States Military has more than enough munitions, ammo, and stockpiles to serve all of the Commander-in-Chief's strategic goals and beyond," she said.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
And the best way to send this message was by massive and ongoing buildups of their stockpiles of nuclear weapons.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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Intelligence findings say Tehran is assembling stockpiled components into weapons in underground facilities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 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
DOHA, Qatar-With the Strait of Hormuz gradually reopening, Gulf oil producers face a new test: how fast they can clear shipping bottlenecks and turn stockpiled crude into exports.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
At first Ben was appalled by the lack of respect for the man and by the man’s ability to disregard the stockpiled vitriol stacked on him by his students.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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Briefings have suggested this could include stockpiling tinned food and bottled water in the event of extreme weather and cyber attacks.
From BBC ● 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
And Paxton has noted that the expensive primary runoff left his coffers more depleted than those of Talarico, who could afford to spend the spring stockpiling his war chest after winning his March primary.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026
Inventories were at 1.07 billion barrels early last year when the Chinese government announced a major stockpiling drive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Her stockpiling of power had wreaked havoc on nature.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
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