stockpile
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To increase supply, he has released millions of barrels from the U.S.’s emergency petroleum stockpile, draining the reserve to its lowest level in 44 years.
From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2026
They also said Europe’s strategic reserves of gasoline are four times smaller than its stockpile of diesel.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
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 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
It was finally decided that the fishmonger, who had the island’s largest stockpile of ice, would keep him cool in the back of his shop, among salmon and cod and other things.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
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Crude had started the week on the back foot thanks to signs that exports from the Middle East were heading back towards pre-war levels and that G7 nations had agreed to tap their stockpiles.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
That includes pushing other countries to release stockpiles and deferring road taxes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
The global oil market is set to gain 100 million barrels of oil and refined products over the next four months, thanks to a Group of Seven agreement last week to release some G-7 stockpiles.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
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
At Birkenau, we had seen the stockpiles of riches in “Canada,” the camp storehouse.
From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz
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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
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
But Iran may have stockpiled those components at underground production facilities that can be used to assemble dozens or hundreds of new missiles and drones in the short term, Lamson said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
“Sure,” Glenn said, “after I found out where she stockpiled her ammunition and hid it from her.”
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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To prepare for the winter, the city has been building backup heating systems and stockpiling fuel, food and drinking water.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
Other efforts are afoot to boost U.S. copper supplies—mining projects, a new refinery, a new government-supported stockpiling program.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
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
Ever since then I’ve been sort of stockpiling the stuff just in case there’s a shortage again.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
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