stockpile
noun
a supply of material, as a pile of gravel in road maintenance.
stockpiles
Example Sentences
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The Times reports on the agreement by G7 countries to release 100 million barrels of "emergency stockpiles of fuel and avert a US export ban".
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
Beijing has so far been able to lean on stockpiles accumulated before the Iran conflict, limiting the need to buy additional crude on the international market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
But, it noted that strategic releases of diesel stockpiles in Europe could offset about half of the price spike.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
The war started in late February, just around the time refiners the world over were building up their jet-fuel stockpiles ahead of the summer travel season.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 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
