shuck
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Take for example Weis Markets, who put up a sign urging consumers to shuck corn outside of their stores solely for the safety of other shoppers.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2023
I’ll put one of my oyster plates in the freezer while I shuck the oysters from the farmers market.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2023
Our food writers have recommended the roasted oysters in chipotle bourbon butter with toasted baguette, raw oysters on the half shell or trying to shuck yourself for a DIY experience.
From Seattle Times ● May 29, 2022
Martha was willing to shuck her ladylike trappings — to be ugly and to say ugly things — in ways the actor evidently is not.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 22, 2022
Refrain: Turn out here and shuck this com, Oh!
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
I didn’t want to be the aww shucks dad, “kids are so crazy” comic, so I appreciate you noticing that.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026
The NFL issued a $10 million fine — so, shucks, poor Dan will have to put his next super yacht on layaway — and shifted day-to-day control of the team to his wife, Tanya.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 23, 2022
He might as well have said, "Aw, shucks."
From Fox News ● Feb. 5, 2022
I used to sort of like, roll my eyes every time Taylor Swift was all, ‘Aw shucks, really, me?’
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 22, 2021
But I said, shucks, that boy just don’t know what he’s doing.”
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
