rationing
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Asian countries are rationing fuel, governments are emptying their crude-oil stockpiles, airlines are canceling thousands of flights, and Middle East alliances are fracturing.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
Fuel rationing has led to public-transport cuts and school closures.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
Demand destruction — whether through conservation or rationing — is “better than nothing, but not very much” to offset those inventory declines.
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
Raman Kapoor, captain of a bulk carrier transporting 700,000 barrels of oil worth some $70 million, is rationing food.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026
I'm going to start rationing food right now.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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