shells
Example Sentences
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the ammunition depot destroyed on Friday contained artillery shells and drones—and under Ukrainian law shouldn’t have been located in a populated area.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
Rheinmetall has been making ammo since before World War I, and presumably its factories produced their fair share of the shells still lurking in Germany’s soil.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
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
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
They admired the decorated shells, taking guesses about what sort of universe would hatch from each one.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
