hoarder

Example Sentences

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Hit by a second energy crisis in four years, governments are developing a hoarder mentality.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

She calls me a hoarder, but I prefer the term family archivist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025

When I got to the closet in her bedroom, which contained enough medical supplies to stock a small pharmacy, I started to think she may have been a secret hoarder.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 21, 2025

However, in his final years he had become something of a hoarder, seldom leaving his house.

From BBC • Jul. 4, 2025

What kind of second-rate hoarder brings trash rather than supplies?

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman