stockpile
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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
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
I had a stockpile of Moss horror stories that kept them entertained for weeks.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
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