shells

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In addition to troops, Pyongyang has supplied Moscow with artillery shells, short-range ballistic missiles and antitank missiles.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

"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

The conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East have prompted a particular focus on stocks of missiles and shells.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 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

Piles of small wire boxes were everywhere, and oyster shells had been scattered like a layer of earth.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt