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reserve

[ri-zurv] / rɪˈzɜrv /






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Stale Solbakken, the Norway head coach, and Brede Hangeland, the team manager, have let fly in the media about a training game between the reserve players from the two countries that Clarke cancelled.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

In other words, the reserves his company and others have been tapping — including the U.S. strategic petroleum reserve, which is supposed to be used only for global emergencies — are about to run out.

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026

Several hundred people gathered Saturday in a protected nature reserve on the Albanian coast to protest at plans for a luxury beach resort by a company linked to the Trump family.

From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026

Beyond the headline inflation index for personal-consumption expenditures—the Fed’s primary metric—specialized inflation gauges produced by the Fed’s regional reserve banks are also largely pointing to stubbornly elevated price increases, she said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

One suggested function of the first gardens of nearly 11,000 years ago was to provide a reliable reserve larder as insurance in case wild food supplies failed.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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