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[stok-pahyl] / ˈstɒkˌpaɪl /




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Iran agreed to limits on uranium enrichment and pledged to reduce its stockpile, with the International Atomic Energy Agency monitoring Iran’s compliance.

From Salon Jul. 17, 2026

A group of EU countries is working on a pilot project to stockpile critical materials and the bloc has raw-materials partnerships with more than a dozen countries, including Canada, Argentina, Norway and South Africa.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

He also frets about a potential explosion due to a stockpile of fuel on site for a backup generator.

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

The country entered the pandemic with its stockpile of masks, gowns and gloves in a "perilous state" and was "simply not ready to compete" in the global race to secure new supplies, Hallett said.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

He imagined himself showing them the stockpile under his bed.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Strategy, which Michael Saylor founded in 1989, underwent its latest transformation in recent years from a software company into one of the world’s biggest stockpiles of bitcoin.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

Energy Information Administration estimates China added an average of 1.1 million barrels a day to strategic reserves in 2025, pushing stockpiles to nearly 1.4 billion barrels by the end of the year.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

Many Asian oil buyers are taking more cargoes from Latin America, West Africa and the U.S. to rebuild their strategic stockpiles as they seek to reduce exposure to the strait.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

It’s now a major producer of both natural gas and crude oil, while the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, its national crude stockpiles, was created in 1975 in response to shortages driven by the oil embargo.

From MarketWatch Jul. 12, 2026

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

From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz

It has manufactured and stockpiled around 620,000 doses.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

The Lakers have stockpiled cap space and picks — as of draft night, they’ll have 2026, 2031 and 2033 first-rounders to offer — like they’re doomsayers outfitting a bunker.

From Los Angeles Times May 12, 2026

Much of it was placed underground and reliable analysis on how much they have is scanty, but Shapiro believed the Chinese might have 1.2 billion barrels stockpiled — 104 days of storage.

From MarketWatch Apr. 22, 2026

China, the biggest importer of crude oil in the world, has enough stockpiled to get it through the next few months.

From BBC Apr. 1, 2026

In contrast, once food can be stockpiled, a political elite can gain control of food produced by others, assert the right of taxation, escape the need to feed itself, and engage full-time in political activities.

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

“The initial support came from stockpiling and more recently, some companies have benefited from Asian competitors being more exposed to disruptions affecting trade routes through the Strait of Hormuz,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

Services may only return on Wednesday, Endre Marton Laszlo, a local MP from the ruling Tisza party, told AFP, urging people "to use water sparingly" and to resist from "stockpiling water".

From Barron's Jun. 30, 2026

The researchers note that measures such as national stockpiling programs or efforts to relocate production may lower risk for individual countries.

From Science Daily Jun. 20, 2026

Within industries, as a supply-chain crisis unfolds, fear and self-protection instincts kick in, with hoarding and company-level stockpiling resulting in confusing demand signals that make it hard for upstream producers to respond.

From MarketWatch Jun. 3, 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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