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depot

[dee-poh, dep-oh] / ˈdi poʊ, ˈdɛp oʊ /


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In August 2025, three Russians in their 20s were detained in the southern seaside city of Sochi after they filmed a video on TikTok lip-syncing in front of a burning oil depot.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

For its part, Kyiv also continued to hit logistics facilities and an oil depot in Russia's Moscow region.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

And in the Moscow region -- where an oil depot was struck in addition to another Wildberries warehouse -- one person died in hospital, said regional governor Andrei Vorobyov.

From Barron's Jul. 18, 2026

Corley, who died in 2023, said on the show that Corriveau had initially opened a “big-ass, really fine pool hall” in a former Little Rock train station depot.

From Slate Jun. 25, 2026

Stepping off the tracks to let it pass, I watched as the engine screeched and ground to a halt at the depot, belching smoke and steam.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

It includes the construction of fortifications, equipment depots, as well as reconnaissance and anti-drone installations.

From Barron's Aug. 21, 2026

It has also repeatedly targeted depots of the Russian e-commerce giant Wildberries.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

The roadmap lays out a process to decommission and store Hamas's heavy weapons, military production sites, weapons depots and tunnels, to be implemented by NCAG.

From Barron's Jul. 31, 2026

The U.S. military has since 2019 spent hundreds of millions of dollars on upgrades for Muwaffaq Al-Salti and other facilities, according to U.S. federal contracting documents, laying aircraft aprons, taxiways, munitions depots and other infrastructure.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

Their houses and barns and haystacks, and the unsuspected secret passages inside the big farmhouses, were called depots and stations.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry




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