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Australia has released some of the oil it had stocked away for use in an emergency and temporarily lowered fuel standards, meaning that more-polluting fuel can be sold to consumers.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 17, 2026

But he said he had heard more explosions in the city early in the afternoon on Tuesday and due to the continued strikes he had stocked up on essentials.

From BBC Mar. 3, 2026

The apparent squatters had stocked up the refrigerator.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 27, 2024

In another Khartoum district, Farah Abbas said his family was fortunate since they had stocked up on food, including flour, rice, oil and other essentials ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

From Seattle Times Apr. 18, 2023

Hizdahr had stocked their box with flagons of chilled wine and sweetwater, with figs, dates, melons, and pomegranates, with pecans and peppers and a big bowl of honeyed locusts.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin