overstock

Example Sentences

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“The federal government has an urgent need to reduce massive greenhouse gas emissions from severe wildfires, which can only be accomplished by actively managing our unhealthy and overstocked federal forests,” he said.

From Washington Times

Three more grocery trips, an overstock on Trader Joe's apple banana fruit crushers, and a teetering bag of rice later — it's game over.

From Salon

We’ve got an overstock of trees; we need to work with nature, not against it.

From New York Times

“We never overstock on Nativity, but they go quite quickly.”

From Seattle Times

Experts say those areas have been made even more susceptible to burning severely because they are overstocked due to the elimination of Indigenous burning practices, a history of aggressive logging and decades of fire suppression.

From Los Angeles Times