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Examples
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I had gone from smoking an eighth to a quarter-pound of weed, and then from a quarter-pound to half a pound and so on.
Fallin’ Up Steve Dennis 2011
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The Idaho burger, which will make its debut by the end of this month, features a quarter-pound beef patty, melted cheese, a deep-fried hash brown, strips of bacon, onions and pepper-and-mustard sauce.
Beefing Up McDonald's Mariko Sanchanta 2011
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According to the wiretaps and confidential informants, the suspects plotted kidnappings and killings and hired American teenage girls, with nicknames like Dopey, to smuggle quarter-pound loads of methamphetamine across the border for $100 a trip.
Threat grows as Mexican cartels move to beef up U.S. presence William Booth 2010
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I had gone from smoking an eighth to a quarter-pound of weed, and then from a quarter-pound to half a pound and so on.
Fallin’ Up Steve Dennis 2011
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According to the wiretaps and confidential informants, the suspects plotted kidnappings and killings and hired American teenage girls, with nicknames like Dopey, to smuggle quarter-pound loads of methamphetamine across the border for $100 a trip.
Threat grows as Mexican cartels move to beef up U.S. presence William Booth 2010
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According to the wiretaps and confidential informants, the suspects plotted kidnappings and killings and hired American teenage girls, with nicknames like Dopey, to smuggle quarter-pound loads of methamphetamine across the border for $100 a trip.
At the border, a perilous spillover William Booth 2010
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According to NRDC's "Eat Green" fact sheet, if all Americans eliminated just one quarter-pound serving of beef per week, the reduction in global warming gas emissions would be equivalent to taking four to six million cars off the road.
Wendy Gordon: The Blessing of Variety: An Eco-Omnivore's Thanksgiving Wendy Gordon 2011
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Those who ate about four ounces of beef, lamb, or veal a day—the amount in a quarter-pound burger—were more than 30 percent more likely to die during that period, mostly from heart disease and cancer.
The Small Change Diet Keri Gans 2011
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According to NRDC's "Eat Green" fact sheet, if all Americans eliminated just one quarter-pound serving of beef per week, the reduction in global warming gas emissions would be equivalent to taking four to six million cars off the road.
Wendy Gordon: The Blessing of Variety: An Eco-Omnivore's Thanksgiving Wendy Gordon 2011
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According to the wiretaps and confidential informants, the suspects plotted kidnappings and killings and hired American teenage girls, with nicknames like Dopey, to smuggle quarter-pound loads of methamphetamine across the border for $100 a trip.
Threat grows as Mexican cartels move to beef up U.S. presence William Booth 2010
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