11.   Cattle inventories continue to bulge, ensuring adequate supplies of beef.

12.   Even during embargoes, the United States managed to ensure adequate supplies of imported oil.

13.   Former Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II argued that the answer lay in ensuring the supply, by requiring wholesalers to maintain some minimum level of oil in storage.

14.   Green Mama has an in-house furniture maker and a clothing producer, and a packaging plant to ensure supplies.

15.   Heating oil futures fell amid speculation the U.S. government might intervene to ensure adequate supplies, sparing consumers from soaring heating bills this winter.

16.   Heating oil dived amid speculation that the U.S. government might intervene to ensure adequate supplies, sparing consumers from soaring heating bills this winter.

17.   Heating oil dove amid speculation the U.S. government might intervene to ensure adequate supplies, sparing consumers from soaring heating bills this winter.

18.   In CHICAGO, Cattle futures fell the daily trading limit after the government said feedlots last month filled their pens, ensuring abundant supplies later in the year.

19.   It was the ninth straight month of increased feedlot placements, ensuring plentiful supplies of steaks and hamburgers in stores this summer.

20.   Multilingual Web sites also help businesses ensure a supply of materials from vendors around the world.