shuck
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Take for example Weis Markets, who put up a sign urging consumers to shuck corn outside of their stores solely for the safety of other shoppers.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2023
I’ll put one of my oyster plates in the freezer while I shuck the oysters from the farmers market.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2023
Martha was willing to shuck her ladylike trappings — to be ugly and to say ugly things — in ways the actor evidently is not.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 22, 2022
Once we build the fire, we shuck the oysters and open some champagne or chablis.
From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2022
He moved boulders around his yard on weekends, ate twelve ears of corn in one sitting, and kept barrels full of oysters in his garage so he could shuck and eat them anytime he wanted.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
Whenever she gets asked about her historic home runs, the red-hot, red-haired hitter is like, shucks: “I mean, it’s incredible,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2026
The NFL issued a $10 million fine — so, shucks, poor Dan will have to put his next super yacht on layaway — and shifted day-to-day control of the team to his wife, Tanya.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 23, 2022
He might as well have said, "Aw, shucks."
From Fox News ● Feb. 5, 2022
I used to sort of like, roll my eyes every time Taylor Swift was all, ‘Aw shucks, really, me?’
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 22, 2021
She filled it about half full of corn shucks and quilts, and then put Daisy and me down in it.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
