stockpile
Example Sentences
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Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Tuesday that the government would begin releasing strategic stockpiles of oil products this week to counter the rising price of fuel.
From Barron's
Before the war, Iran was believed to have had stockpiles of more than 2,000 short-range ballistic missiles.
From BBC
For now, the energy group said it has enough crude and refined oil stockpiled to ensure smooth output and operations, affirming that it has secured enough resources for the second quarter.
Araghchi denied the claim, noting that Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium—and therefore the number of atomic bombs it could theoretically fuel—had been a matter of public record for years.
Those stockpiles only last about 20 days, and half of all refiners that rely on naphtha to make plastic products have already cut output, Thieliant pointed out.
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