shuck
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The actor learned to shuck oysters and clean fish to play a mentor to a teenage Anthony Bourdain in the new movie “Tony.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
So, it came as a major surprise when I learned that several markets now advise their consumers to shuck their corn at home.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2023
One of his most famous photos was of President Gerald Ford in front of the Alamo biting into a tamale with the shuck still on.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 16, 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
“That’s why those things are shuck full of Maps.”
From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner
During his $45 two-hour tours that embark from a dock at Schooner Landing, Holmes offers a steady patter of oyster-related wisecracks, as his partner, Olga Oros, shucks and hands out shellfish.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
Whenever she gets asked about her historic home runs, the red-hot, red-haired hitter is like, shucks: “I mean, it’s incredible,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 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 covered them with shucks and kissed them good night.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
