stockpile
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Crucially, it held on to its stockpile of nearly 1,000 pounds of near weapons-grade uranium—half of it buried in caskets in a tunnel deep under its Isfahan nuclear site, according to the U.N. atomic agency.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
The status of Iran's nuclear programme and stockpile of enriched uranium also remain unresolved.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
“When the stockpile is stressed, as it was after Ukraine and then now with Iran, any surge in need leads to a backlog as they try to replenish,” McGinn said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026
Claim: “They were also rapidly building a vast stockpile of conventional ballistic missiles and would have soon had missiles that could reach the American homeland, Europe, and virtually any other place on earth.”
From Slate • Apr. 2, 2026
Not sure what his medical condition is, but five’ll get you ten he didn’t stockpile the medication he needs.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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