shell
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Life insurers can plan around mortality rates, but it is hard to know when a bad year for hurricanes or wildfires will force property insurers to shell out huge quantities of cash to settle claims.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
Is it enough to merit the risk of an untested outsider with more than a few red flags, a talent for attracting bad press, and enough jagged edges to crack a lobster shell?
From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026
Slusky heads Vector Capital, the firm behind the shell company that took Rocket Lab public in 2021.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
"We recovered two pendants: one made from a shell and another from a brown bear tooth," said Tornero.
From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026
Razi staggered back, jabbing his foot on a pointed shell.
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
Vocabulary lists containing shell
Structural Engineering
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Engineering - Middle School
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Engineering - High School
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