stockpile
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The U.S. and Iran were party to a deal that reduced Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
“The slightly softer than expected FY27 production guidance is due to Tropicana with lower open pit production at Havana resulting in a higher proportion of lower grade stockpile mill feed,” analyst James Redfern says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
The UK's emergency stockpile of PPE, meant to last at least 15 weeks before being replenished, was running out by the end of March 2020 as demand from hospitals soared.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Only a third of the masks in England's pre-pandemic stockpile were usable, while Scotland had no supplies of the top-level FFP3 masks needed by healthcare professionals.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
A Jesuit mathematician did the geometry calculations to determine the distance to a stockpile of gunpowder the Dutch had brought ashore and the angle of elevation at which the cannon should be set.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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The U.S. military’s own weapons stockpiles, including crucial drone and missile interceptors, were expended in the first period of the war.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026
For long-term investors, tailwinds for aerospace and defense contractors include the need for the U.S. to replenish various stockpiles depleted during the conflict with Iran.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
Who needs umbrellas when you’ve got a tanning bed, a chin-up bar, beef-tallow stockpiles, and a gallon of only-sometimes-poisonous raw milk?
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026
Lockheed Martin said it will field a new, cheaper Patriot missile model that can be produced faster as stockpiles dwindle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
The Saudis, the Iranians, the Iraqis, they called the shots, they were the ones with the vast stockpiles of oil, not the Americans, where the holes were running dry.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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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
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
“Sure,” Glenn said, “after I found out where she stockpiled her ammunition and hid it from her.”
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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Chelsea see the stockpiling of players as an investment they can cash in on when needed.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 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
Goldman expects prices to remain relatively resilient in 2027 despite forecasting a 3.2 million barrel-a-day surplus, saying that low inventories and strategic stockpiling will cushion the impact.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
That’s why he was the one stockpiling for Y2K, so she wouldn’t have to worry.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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