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[hawrd, hohrd] / hɔrd, hoʊrd /




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China’s low bond yields reflect a shortage of investment opportunities for the country’s huge hoard of savings amid a multiyear property slump.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

A metal detectorist has revealed his "quite extraordinary" discovery of a second Bronze Age hoard in the Scottish Borders.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

A former senior CIA official who was arrested in May with a hoard of hundreds of gold bars worth more than $45 million in his home pleaded guilty to fraud on Tuesday.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

“What people who hoard will finally realize,” Mawarire said, “is there’s an emptiness that comes where a sense of purpose should go.”

From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026

Lazlo owned nothing, not one single thing, but from the first, the stories felt like his own hoard of gold.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

A small group of men hoards wealth and resources, while the peasant class is heavily taxed, laws brutally enforced.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Strategy, the software company that amassed one of the largest publicly disclosed bitcoin hoards, is down by more than 80% from its 52-week highs,

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

It also started buying up hoards of mortgage-backed securities to drive down borrowing costs for American households.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 17, 2026

But not even Greenland’s valuable geographical position and hoards of critical minerals could compensate for damaging the trans-Atlantic alliance that remains fundamental to U.S. security.

From Barron's ● Jan. 8, 2026

The Symi sponge divers spent the next ten months rescuing some of Greece’s most beautiful artifacts, one of the greatest hoards of Greek treasure ever found.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler

For all but two, I used frequent-flier miles I hoarded for decades as if they were part of my retirement portfolio.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

So why are people so captivated by videos of hoarded homes, crime scene cleans and other extreme clear-outs?

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

Unified has enough money hoarded in reserves to reach a desired agreement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026

Over years of high inflation and currency controls, Argentines traded their battered pesos for dollars, which they often hoarded at home, in cash.

From Barron's ● Jan. 2, 2026

Matt knew Maria hoarded things—worn-out shirts, broken toys, and gift-wrapping paper—and she got hysterical if anything went missing.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer

This week, some supermarkets in Tehran temporarily ran out of cooking oil and rice as shoppers scooped them for hoarding, residents said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

The government has blamed lower sugarcane production linked to reduced rainfall during El Niño, hoarding and tighter global supplies after adverse weather hit other major producers.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

Henderson fell over an advertising hoarding and broke his arm after the win over Mexico.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

While you don’t have any control over point devaluation, you can protect yourself by spending your points and not hoarding them.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026

She saved practically all of her earnings, living like a miser, hoarding each penny.

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




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