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Note: All prices are for a pound, except eggs and milk, which are for a dozen and gallon, respectively.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

You can say, “I don’t really want to look at this Google Doc, and pound through another revision of this memo that I’m writing,” but you can force yourself to do it.

From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2026

She remembers paying $2 a pound for ground beef; now she is paying $8, she said.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

Amid a multi-million pound summer splurge, Spurs allowed Lankshear to leave for an initial fee worth about £10m, with an additional £10m due in add-ons based on various clauses.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

I asked him, since Candace was playing tetherball now and couldn’t pound his back anymore.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff

He’s 6 feet 1 and 190 pounds, and definitely possesses the fearless gene the way he attacks defenders when he has the ball.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

Traders' tools worth thousands of pounds were stolen somewhere in the UK every 20 minutes last year, figures show.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Net interest income—the difference between what banks earn on loans and what they pay out on client deposits—grew 8.9% to 3.56 billion pounds, while the bank’s net interest margin expanded to 2.50% from 2.37%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

However, because it was made after two years it was taxed at 45%, amounting to thousands of pounds.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Canvas bags were stitched together from sails and filled with 1,000 pounds of rocks for ballast, and two kegs were filled with glacier melt for drinking water.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong