stockpile
Example Sentences
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“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
Last month, all 32 member countries of the IEA agreed to make 400 million barrels of oil from the emergency stockpile available — or roughly 20% of the overall IEA supply.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026
But he appeared to play down the significance of the stockpile, pointing to the damage caused in US-Israeli strikes last June.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
But they didn’t; so that when Cammy left suddenly, in June, Ralph was stuck with a veritable stockpile to bury away in the darkness of his black trunk.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
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