rations

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"We spent so many months with no fresh rations as the ships failed to reach here, or the limited vegetables they were carrying were spoiled during the long journey," she recalled.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

In 1941, the company purchased distilling facilities in Virginia and Lyons, N.Y., to increase production, then during the war it made pectin, a vital preservative used in military food rations.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

Pensioners and families living on fixed incomes are hit the hardest, forced to stretch rations, skip meals or rely on remittances from relatives abroad — if they are lucky enough to have them.

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2026

From meagre rations, he plumped for Johnny Kenny.

From BBC • Jan. 3, 2026

The next woman took her meager rations without a word, and the rest of the villagers did too.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff