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[stok-pahyl] / ˈstɒkˌpaɪl /




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To increase supply, he has released millions of barrels from the U.S.’s emergency petroleum stockpile, draining the reserve to its lowest level in 44 years.

From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2026

It wants us to stockpile canned food and drinking water, strengthen our civic resilience, and plan for the possibility of war.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

It’s important to find a way to devote some money to rainy-day savings, but fighting credit-card debt should take priority over building a cash stockpile, many financial advisers said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

A last-minute rush to stockpile for winter would send prices even higher.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

But out here in Saint-Malo, the dune grass grows long and blue; German sailors still run drills in the harbor; gunners still stockpile ammunition in the tunnels beneath the fort at La Cite.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Crude had started the week on the back foot thanks to signs that exports from the Middle East were heading back towards pre-war levels and that G7 nations had agreed to tap their stockpiles.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

The global oil market is set to gain 100 million barrels of oil and refined products over the next four months, thanks to a Group of Seven agreement last week to release some G-7 stockpiles.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

The Group of Seven nations agreed last week to release 100 million barrels of oil and processed fuels from emergency stockpiles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

The Times reports on the agreement by G7 countries to release 100 million barrels of "emergency stockpiles of fuel and avert a US export ban".

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

At Birkenau, we had seen the stockpiles of riches in “Canada,” the camp storehouse.

From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz

Europe has stockpiled only enough natural gas to get through a mild winter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Mum-of-three Kay Devonshire-Murphy, from Fareham, said she stockpiled uniforms across the year from charity shops and second hand sales.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

It has manufactured and stockpiled around 620,000 doses.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

Australian miner Iluka Resources is also building a refinery in the country that will initially process stockpiled material from its mineral sands operations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026

Both the Union and Confederate governments stockpiled rifles and cannons in anticipation of conflict.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

To prepare for the winter, the city has been building backup heating systems and stockpiling fuel, food and drinking water.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Agreement on stockpiling, trade policy and financial-support mechanisms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

Some countries airlift or airdrop humanitarian relief supplies, but are also concerned about stockpiling for themselves.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

And in a lengthy Truth Social post on 3 September, Trump claimed that the US had "virtually unlimited" amounts of ammunition and is "stockpiling and preparing for any contingency that could happen".

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

The two countries struggled for supremacy using political maneuvering, stockpiling weapons, and fighting “proxy” wars in other, smaller countries where they didn’t directly engage each other.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge


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