inventories
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Hundreds of small businesses saw their inventories wiped out in the strike, triggering angry comments on social media.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
Government-controlled inventories in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, a group of mostly wealthy countries, dropped another 44 million barrels in June from the May level, which was already the lowest since December 1990.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
If shipping traffic through Bab el-Mandeb is halted, global oil inventories would “drop dramatically, and crude prices would jump and remain high until a resolution is found,” Haigh said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
Global consumers have made up for the gap by pulling down inventories, but they will eventually run low.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Many guardians would purchase, for their wards, goods from their own stores or inventories at inflated prices.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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