stockpile
noun
a supply of material, as a pile of gravel in road maintenance.
was stockpiling
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past progressiveof stockpile.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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In separate comments, the World Food Programme said its food supplies in Gaza were running low but that it was stockpiling supplies in the Egyptian city of Al-Arish nearby.
From Reuters ● Oct. 17, 2023
When Washingtonians were frantically hoarding toilet paper at the start of the pandemic, Libby Rasmussen was stockpiling disco balls instead.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 16, 2022
A storage company was stockpiling the petcoke — prolonged exposure to which at high concentrations can cause lung disease — without a city permit.
From New York Times ● Mar. 3, 2022
"Honestly, it looks like March of 2020, when everybody was stockpiling and the shelves were bare," another man, Dominic, told Fox News Digital.
From Fox News ● Jan. 11, 2022
He said Tesco was stockpiling non-fresh food as it prepares for "the worst-case scenario".
From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2020
