pound
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Pinko Liu, a 30-year-old from Zhejiang province on China’s east coast, said that for two years she ate up to a pound of blueberries every day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Agility Robotics on Tuesday revealed its Digit 5 humanoid: a five-foot-eleven, 284 pound robot that can reach up to 7.2 feet and move products with “gripper” hands.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
Pristine, full-bodied matsutakes can fetch as much as 800 yuan a kilo, equivalent to about $54 a pound.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
They are also beginning to introduce the idea of saving by telling her that she can spend a pound now or hold on to it and potentially have more later.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
They had lemonade, peanut butter sandwiches, and a kind of pound cake with red jam.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
For the six months through July, Next reported a rise in pretax profit to 566 million pounds from 509 million pounds in the same period a year earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
And at 6-6, 265 pounds as an 18-year-old freshman, Luke probably wouldn’t resemble his forebearers on the football field.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
What they all have in common is that they are expensive, ranging from a few hundred to several thousands of pounds, and modifications can cost hundreds of pounds more on top.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
During Season 2, they were far more competitive, hauling in behemoths weighing 45 and 58 pounds.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
And I didn’t know how many pounds I had, so I couldn’t calculate how long it would last me.
From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones
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Western Europe - Introductory
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