How does this arrangement work?

His business has been repeating success and failure.

Their army was routed and left the battlefield.

They fled in defeat in the battle.

He felt pain in his back.

I excluded his name from the list.

His exclusion from the group was a big blow to him.

We raised a toast to celebrate his success.

The government decided to ration food.

During the war, the rationing of food was strictly limited.