rations

Example Sentences

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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

Each year, the tribespeople benefit from over $560,000 in carbon revenue that pays for forest scouts and funds education, healthcare and emergency food rations.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

Canadian Rangers on the patrol suffered a bout of food poisoning, likely from the military rations they were eating.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 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

If gold meant food, then the miller would have to give me my rations.

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