shells

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They are rugged concrete basins with shells fixed to vertical man-made walls.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

Published in the journal Nature, the study shows that oyster reefs are not random clusters of shells.

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

Its first-generation iMacs, released in 1998, offered transparent shells in candy-like blue, green and more -- combining a pop of visual interest with a glimpse at the high tech workings within.

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

She scattered a big load of acorns on the hearth stones and looked at them with satisfaction before she began to break the little shells with her smoothest pounding rock.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich