hoarding

Example Sentences

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Many migrant workers lack documentation needed for subsidised LPG and rely on informal markets, where hoarding has pushed up prices.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

“There was a couple that was always there trying to clean up, looked like there was a lot of hoarding going on,” Llamas said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

As a sentimental person with a possible hoarding issue, for me, decluttering can feel devastating.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 23, 2026

Recycling has not been collected for more than a year, with residents taking to it to the tips themselves, organising with neighbours to do pick ups or simply hoarding it.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026

Judith had been carefully hoarding a small store of linens since childhood, adding one cherished bit from time to time, and her loom and needle had worked busily.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare