stockpile

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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

The government, which has so far ruled out any form of rationing, has also sought to alleviate shortages by releasing oil from the national stockpile and lowering fuel standards.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

GameStop’s stockpile of cryptocurrency also declined in value.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

Gene Johnson, the Ajax of this biological war, paced back and forth across the loading dock among a pile of camouflaged military trunks—his stockpile of gear from Kitum Cave.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston