stockpile
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Top military leaders told the president that a war would lead to casualties, concerns about the weapons stockpile and readiness problems for an overstretched force, The Wall Street Journal reported.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
The family must grapple with a dwindling stockpile of resources and the mysterious “threat” that keeps them trapped inside the home, the statement read.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
It said doses from the stockpile were to be made available for the trials, with some already in the DRC.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
The Defense Logistics Agency has already asked for bids to stockpile up to 403 tons of indium over three years — more than a third of a year’s global output.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
The U.S. stockpile of nuclear weapons was up to twelve thousand and rising.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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A previous helium oversupply, a partial production rebound in Qatar and industry efforts to shore up helium stockpiles have helped keep the substance available.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 30, 2026
In late 2025, the Organization for the Prevention of the Use of Chemical Weapons set up a new presence in Syria to help locate and destroy the regime’s stockpiles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
The shift may also indicate the limited military options left available to the United States, where the press has reported that American munitions stockpiles have been heavily depleted.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
They know about the diminishing stockpiles of key U.S. weapons such as advanced missile interceptors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
“We’ve been building these stockpiles for a long time,” he said.
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
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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
DOHA, Qatar-With the Strait of Hormuz gradually reopening, Gulf oil producers face a new test: how fast they can clear shipping bottlenecks and turn stockpiled crude into exports.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 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
Officers arrested two people and seized more than 2,800 boxes of Lego toys stockpiled in a Long Beach home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2026
Again, I’ve stockpiled two dozen of them, because I have nothing else to do.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
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Beginning in 2024, China accelerated its stockpiling, filling its reserves at approximately 1 million to 1.2 million barrels a day by some estimates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
And Paxton has noted that the expensive primary runoff left his coffers more depleted than those of Talarico, who could afford to spend the spring stockpiling his war chest after winning his March primary.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026
Chelsea have been stockpiling players for more than a decade, dating back to former owner Roman Abramovich's reign.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 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
Ever since then I’ve been sort of stockpiling the stuff just in case there’s a shortage again.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
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