shells

Example Sentences

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"I would prefer to crawl into one of Comey's conversant shells than write a column supporting him," Turley wrote in a column for Fox News.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

Oysters act as "ecosystem engineers," building reefs made from both living oysters and the shells of earlier generations, explains lead author Dr. Juan Esquivel-Muelbert of Macquarie University.

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026

Kinney disappeared in 1999 and on June 17, 2022, a family looking for sea shells on Salmon Creek State Beach came across a bone sticking out of the sand.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

Israel's famed Iron Dome system is the third tier and was originally designed to intercept short-range rockets and artillery shells.

From Barron's • Mar. 28, 2026

“Anyway, these magic shells allowed the fisherman to always return with a canoe full of he‘e, enough octopus for feed his whole village.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila