Example Sentences

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People in Tehran are stocking up on essentials as uncertainty over how long the war might continue grows in the Iranian capital.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

Nervous shoppers are stocking up on canned fish, boxed mac and cheese and beans.

From Salon • Oct. 25, 2025

Washington and Beijing are stocking their tit-for-tat toolboxes on the eve of trade talks between U.S. and Chinese officials.

From Barron's • Oct. 24, 2025

The Rangers are stocking up and the Cardinals are cleaning house, creating a natural match.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2023

It was the season when he and his like are stocking up, with all the fatmaking food they can gorge, in preparation for the winter's "holing-in."

From Further Adventures of Lad by Terhune, Albert Payson