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shell

[shel] / ʃɛl /


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This shuttle stack sits in flight configuration, almost exactly as it would look on the cusp of liftoff, besides the yellow torque tubes lining the orbiter’s white shell like external ribs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Since the borrower is the shell company, Broadcom only assumes risk if Anthropic can’t make its payments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

They don’t see why they should shell out tax money now for a small amount of savings down the road.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

Others suggest he is an empty shell who will become whatever it takes to gain money and power, as evidenced by his constantly shifting attitudes about race and religion.

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026

It had white shell beaches, pale gold sand, and tumbled black rocks where the spray threw rainbows into the sky.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr

After chipping their way through their shells, sea turtle hatchlings in the wild typically remain clustered together beneath the sand until nighttime, when temperatures and predation risk drop.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

Some of those who returned to the red zone found buildings reduced to charred, empty shells; in other cases, homes had been looted.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

North Korea has shipped around 33,000 containers of munitions to Russia, including shells and missiles, Seoul officials said in March.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

More than a dozen police personnel were deployed at each of the container checkpoints, equipped with protective shields, batons and tear gas shells.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

Clues, everywhere—cracked shells, forgotten feathers, deep prints left in soft soil.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers

The couple shelled out $6 million for the three-bedroom, three-bathroom home.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

LSU has shelled out more than $40 million in NIL payments to its roster this season, an outlay that helped it build the top transfer recruiting class in the country.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

Arsenal shelled out close to £200m on new signings during the summer transfer window but fell short of landing the elite forward they craved.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

Four months later, Meta’s Zuckerberg shelled out a record-shattering $170 million to purchase the in-progress fortress.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

Early next day Ma put the shelled corn and the bag of ashes into the big iron kettle.

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder

"Kherson, which had been under constant shelling, has literally come back to life. There are more people on the streets, and urban life has picked up," Lubinets wrote on social media.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

Now oil producers are shelling out between $30 million to $40 million for a round trip in and out of Hormuz—or $15 to $20 a barrel excluding insurance, according to shipbrokers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Supporters point to accumulating interest on loans, shelling out for litigation and rising costs for materials.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

For much of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Daria was not afraid of the shelling.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

“Do you see that rooftop balcony? We had a party there the night the American Civil War began. The shelling of Fort Sumter.”

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan


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