beef

Example Sentences

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American farmers are making planting decisions now that determine what you’ll pay for beef, bread, chicken and other staples in October.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

Corn on the cob may not be cheap, nor will corn-fed beef.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026

The union representing 3,800 striking workers at the Greeley, Colo., beef plant said Saturday that JBS has agreed to a new round of contract negotiations, with talks set to resume April 9 and 10.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

She says the outbreak of BSE, or mad cow disease, that affected beef in the 1990s was more worrying because it could affect humans.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

She took a chair by me, washed the blood from my face, and, with a mother’s tenderness, bound up my head, covering the wounded eye with a lean piece of fresh beef.

From "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" by Frederick Douglass