depot
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They are part of HS2's Delta junction, a complex triangular network of 13 viaducts, and will allow southbound trains to join the spur into Birmingham Curzon Street and the rolling stock depot at Washwood Heath.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
It's close to a major oil depot hit on 7 March and other sensitive sites such as the Ministry of Defence.
From BBC • Mar. 15, 2026
The depot is the beating heart of the Iranian oil industry, storing and loading most of its crude oil exports.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026
In Kandahar, which is home to the administration's supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada, air strikes hit a fuel depot for airline Kam Air, near the airport.
From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026
American planes took off from nearby aircraft carriers and made sixty-four sorties over North Vietnam, bombing their torpedo boat fleet and a major oil depot.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
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