rationing
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Fuel rationing has been imposed in Luhansk and Donetsk, and supplies have already run out in Crimea.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
In response, governments have resorted to interventions to repress demand, such as rationing, issuing Covid-era like directives to work from home, and giving some domestic consumers priority over others.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
And many more countries are seeing reductions in gas consumption, he said, either through rationing or by encouraging students and employees to work remotely.
From MarketWatch • May 1, 2026
People clearly aren’t yet rationing their fuel, or putting off that trip to the grocery store.
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
Cuba had food rationing but no starvation, no enforced malnutrition.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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