hoarded
Example Sentences
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Ironically, some of the more shareholder-unfriendly banks have a lot of capital because they hoarded the capital; they didn’t allocate it.
From Barron's ● Apr. 16, 2026
Unified has enough money hoarded in reserves to reach a desired agreement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
Undertaker Robert Bush hoarded dozens of bodies and half a tonne of human ashes.
From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2026
The inverse was the case when Covid-19 shut the world down—people stopped traveling and hoarded canned soup and toilet paper.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026
The evening’s activity had to be kept brief because the city now had electricity only a short while each night, and candles had to be hoarded for emergencies.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
