shell
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Four days later, the couple were allowed back to see the shell that was once their family home.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Jackets make me feel like I have a little shell and each one is a different flavor of shell depending on what the jacket is.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
But another explanation is that "the market sees it more or less as a shell game," O'Hare said of the policy.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
At Mitsuwa Marketplace, the sprawling Japanese supermarket outside Chicago, Pastry House Hippo sells a frankfurter inside a beautiful yeasty shell, striped with ketchup.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026
His insides must be rotting and gross, but his green leaves and spikey shell are still regal.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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Astronomers are still working to understand why this swept-up gas forms such complicated arrangements of rings and shells, structures that are commonly seen in planetary nebulae.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
Along the roads around Izyum burnt-out shells of petrol stations have become part of the landscape, heaps of mangled, charred metal.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Police in India have fired tear gas shells on protesters demanding reforms to recruitment exams in the eastern state of Jharkhand.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
And who knew that 19th-century San Francisco socialites ground up iridescent abalone shells and sprinkled them on their invitations?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
She was so relieved to see him that she ran across the crushed oyster shells to meet him and caught at his hand.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
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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
Megan McColl had no excuse, however, when she shelled Dunkley's stray cut when the England batter had 45.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
Listening to Shohei Ohtani’s assessment of his own performance on Wednesday, one would have thought he got shelled.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2026
My parents wanted to save my life, and so they shelled out the cash, my father taking on side jobs to pay for it.
From MarketWatch ● May 27, 2026
I explain how I didn’t know their names, but their suits suggested the shelled creatures.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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Instead of shelling out at least $1,999 up front, Duo buyers can lease their foldable for $57.99 a month across a two-year schedule, or $82.99 a month across 12 months.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
But shelling out a joint-British record fee showcased City's perseverance to acquire their man and those upstairs at Etihad Stadium have shown unequivocal faith to both player and manager.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Netflix has revealed just how big it is betting on artificial intelligence, shelling out more than half a billion dollars for one of the early AI movers in Hollywood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
In a phone call from Kyiv, he noted that the IOC’s announcement coincided with a day of mourning in Ukraine because of recent shelling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
If you think shelling peas is boring work, you ought to try removing the inner linings.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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