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The fact that it's cheaper to borrow means the price of houses has to go up, to ration the available supply.

From BBC ● May 17, 2026

Rental prices for advanced chips have risen sharply, while some AI tools have seen more downtime or have been forced to ration usage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026

Several nations in Africa and Asia -- which were more dependent upon Middle East supplies -- have already had to ration fuel or electricity.

From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026

Just a small supply loss can cause “outsize” price action as the market tries to ration the remaining few barrels.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 24, 2026

Prior to coming to sabotage school, Dasch was always "hungry like the dickens," and he made sure to carefully divvy up his bread ration and carry it with him.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple

"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

The impact of funding cuts has already led to the closure of mother and baby clinics in Afghanistan, and reductions in food rations for displaced people in Sudan.

From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2025

Rondon thought nothing of it: He and his men would go without their rations to lighten the load.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple

The fact that marginal cost pricing would lead to reselling, creating windfall profits for anyone lucky enough to get a rationed ticket, does not alter the principle.

From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2026

Pack ice blocked the English Channel; coal stockpiles froze; electricity was rationed to five hours a day; and newspapers reduced their size to conserve paper.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

“Offal wasn’t rationed during the war, and my mother resorted to the sort of food she’d eaten as a child: tripe and onions, brains, tongue and braised rabbit,” he told the Independent in 2009.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026

During the Covid-19 pandemic, for example, convenience stores were used to distribute rationed face masks nationwide.

From Barron's ● Mar. 21, 2026

Germans stationed in France fill their duffels with items rationed or no longer available at home due to wartime restrictions.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Some petrol stations in Russia, the world's third-biggest oil producer, introduced fuel rationing this month.

From Barron's ● Jun. 21, 2026

Some, such as Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, took steps to curb demand for oil with fuel rationing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026

If there is to be rationing, most people would probably prefer that committed fans, with no interest in reselling, were rewarded with low-cost tickets.

From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2026

Britain had only just abandoned rationing; in California, swimming pools weren't luxuries - just a way of life.

From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026

In Luke’s country, the Government began rationing food, only allowing people to have 1,500 calories a day.

From "Among the Hidden" by Margaret Peterson Haddix