pound
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Mitsuwa Marketplace, a fast-growing Asian grocery chain, sells packages of thin, hot-pot-ready A5 cuts for $120 per pound.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
Sakai, who sells it wholesale, said that in recent years, his rates for Wagyu strip loins have fallen from $65 to $41 per pound.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
The Scottish champions rejected a multi-million pound offer from Nottingham Forest for the 22-year-old in the winter transfer window and Engels was keen for a move to English football.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
"Every pound of taxpayer money should be spent in a way that benefits local communities — creating good jobs and giving young people the skills they need for the future," she said.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
I asked him, since Candace was playing tetherball now and couldn’t pound his back anymore.
From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff
His wristwear of choice is unsurprisingly the Apple Watch, which Cook says has helped him lose 30 pounds.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
“It’s clear from experience with Waymo that these autonomous vehicles can’t deal with unanticipated circumstances, so we are certainly cautioning about the dangers of 26,000 pounds barreling down the highways at 65 miles per hour.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
Pointing at the painting, which took Murdoch four hours to create, he said: "That's worth thousands of pounds", and quipped he would pay £5,000 for it.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
“We suggest looking longer term” and focusing on the ramp up to 1.9 million pounds a year, says the bank.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Now the scale went in the other direction, 120 … 130 … 140 pounds.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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Western Europe - Introductory
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