stockpile
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Linville called it a “multi-year process,” even if regulations are removed to speed up the buildup of a domestic stockpile.
From Salon • May 15, 2026
"They have the biggest world stockpile of foodstuffs and of fertiliser," he said.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
Federal Court judge Stephen Burley described how four large open-pit mines, a railway, tailings dam, waste dumps and a stockpile were strewn across the lands of the Yindjibarndi people in Western Australia's Pilbara region.
From Barron's • May 12, 2026
The regime’s 20% stockpile may sound less dangerous, but reaching that level is already 90% of the way to weapons-grade.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
A Jesuit mathematician did the geometry calculations to determine the distance to a stockpile of gunpowder the Dutch had brought ashore and the angle of elevation at which the cannon should be set.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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