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were hoarded
verb
To amass, usually for one's personal collection.
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Scant supplies of general anesthesia were hoarded for only the most serious cases, surgeons said.
Some are in scrapbooks as souvenirs, but others were hoarded out of fear.
Despite the decree, historians estimate that coins with the value of about 24,000 rubles were hoarded by the people and never turned in for exchange.
Any decent books were hoarded at the central library and there was usually only one copy of non-fiction hardback titles for the whole county.
The system is just not designed to solve this problem". The cancer-research community, he felt, was made up of countless well-meaning individuals who, collectively, turned into a hive of competing interests and misaligned incentives, where financing dollars and even information were hoarded.
In the 5th and 6th centuries, Byzantine solidi accumulated in the Baltic area, doubtless in payment for furs; and, in the 6th and 7th, solidi of a slightly lighter weight were hoarded in France, the Low Countries, Scandinavia, Germany, the Balkans, Russia, the Levant, and northern Africa.
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I'd rather they were hoarding.
Greeks were hoarding euros at home.
Investors and banks were hoarding funds.
Mr. Schmidt said some were hoarding the last remaining boxes.
I often wondered if dealers or artists were hoarding the good stuff for the fairs.
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