ration
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The energy industry’s most important clients—growing economies in Asia—are starting to ration energy use.
From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026
Since Saturday, Myanmar's military government has enforced rules to ration fuel, requiring half of all private vehicles to stay off the roads each day, depending on their licence plate numbers.
From Barron's • Mar. 9, 2026
The trio often pray together, and ration whatever milk they get that day to make tea.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025
Polls show half of British consumers are planning to ration energy use this winter as they struggle with wholesale electricity costs that are 80% higher than the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2025
No matter how much we tried to ration the food, we always seemed to run out before the UN trucks came again.
From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau
Vocabulary lists containing ration
The Diary of Anne Frank
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