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

“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

Last month, a UN official told the BBC that hundreds of thousands of people were "slowly starving" in Kenyan refugee camps after US funding cuts reduced food rations to their lowest ever levels.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2025

Despite the fact that, beyond the sunshine, fighter planes made their way across the sky, and people had lost their homes, and we were living on rations and our streets were patrolled by soldiers.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler