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The rations dwindled.
p. 156.8

rations = fixed portions of something that is allotted -- especially food for military personnel
Unloading ration trucks, captives saw nutritious fare, but it was never served to them, because the Japanese were stealing it.
p. 156.8

ration = a fixed portion of something given as a person's share when there is a shortage
The rations weren't nearly enough, and he was plagued by diarrhea.
p. 157.1

rations = fixed portions of something that is allotted -- especially food for military personnel
Rations were slashed.
p. 165.5
Camp officials stole the rations, and the captives wasted away.
p. 167.6 *

rations = a fixed portion of food for each person
Rations were meager and of terrible quality and nutritive value.
p. 177.2

rations = fixed portions of something that is allotted -- especially food for military personnel
For unenslaved officers and men too sick to work, rations were halved.
p. 177.4
He looked for the corporal through morning roll call, farting at the emperor, and forcing down rations.
p. 179.1
The one good thing about being an officer in Omori was the exemption from slave labor, though at the painful cost of half the ration.
p. 179.2

ration = a fixed portion of something given as a person's share when there is a shortage
On a late October day in 1944, Louie pushed a wheelbarrow into Tokyo, joining a guard to pick up rations.
p. 183.1

rations = fixed portions of something that is allotted -- especially food for military personnel
The Naoetsu rations—mostly seaweed—didn't help him.
p. 202.1
And because they were working, the officers were granted full rations.
p. 202.9
Though rations were dwindling as Japan's fortunes fell, a full bowl of seaweed was better than half a bowl of seaweed.
p. 202.9
He would now be the only officer trapped in camp with the Bird all day, and his rations would be halved.
p. 205.9
To get his rations restored, he had to find work he could do on one leg.
p. 205.9
He'd get full rations, but there was a catch: he'd have to use his bare hands to clean the sty.
p. 206.1
With the import of the new POWs, the population had more than doubled, but the rations hadn't.
p. 209.9
Now the rations were still smaller, usually nothing but seaweed.
p. 209.9
They were told their rations and supplies of heating fuel would be cut more in winter, and might be discontinued.
p. 209.9
Louie was back on half rations.
p. 212.7
Limping, ill, and starved, he pleaded with the Bird for work to get full rations.
p. 212.8
Japanese trucks soon arrived, and out came rations, biscuits, and canned fruit.
p. 226.7
Finding a table stacked with K rations—meal boxes for servicemen—he crammed several under his shirt, ignoring an attendant who tried to assure him that no one would starve him anymore.
p. 233.7

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(1) (ration)
a fixed share of something, especially scarce goods like food or fuel; or to limit and distribute something in fixed shares
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)

ration in Unbroken - adapted for young adults (Edited)

ration
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