rations

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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

There are fears queuing for water rations will become a reality unless a solution is found.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026

Nearly 800 million Indians, he notes, now rely on free rations.

From BBC • Nov. 12, 2025

“We were born in the Second World War, 1944 and we had rations — we were living on suet and you were living on steak here,” Daltrey said in his own interview.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2025

After four years of eating bug-infested rations, sleeping in cold and damp tents, and slogging night and day through thickets and mud, American men had had enough of rough pursuits.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson