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Mr Johnson asked what the conspiracy between the four was, and she said they had "apportioned blame onto me".

From BBC • May 18, 2023

The way Congress had apportioned funds almost equally among the Navy, Army and Air Force also seemed proof that no one was counting on an "atom blitz" to do it all.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then Philip, reserving enough for his modest wants, had apportioned the remainder between his stepmother and that other who had a legal claim upon him.

From Fordham's Feud by Mitford, Bertram

The Bey sent for Eaton; he had apportioned his loss among his friends, and it fell to the United States to furnish ten thousand stand without delay.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 38, December, 1860 by Various

With her air of proud gentleness, of gallant acceptance of what fate had apportioned her, she made him think of some plucky little citadel holding out against hunger.

From The Inner Shrine by King, Basil