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If AI doesn’t pan out or become profitable, or if people don’t start paying for it, we’ll have a lot of chips with which to measure our food rations.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
The protesters also alleged that food rations had been reduced at the facility, forcing them to purchase costly items at the commissary.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
"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
I went to the mill for my rations and waited in the long line with a grumbling stomach.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
