shelling

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Shelling out thousands for a few hours on a luxurious boat might feel like the quintessential Miami thing to do, but you can find budget-friendlier ways to have a memorable afternoon on the water.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

Shelling out hundreds if not thousands of dollars a year is seen as an adequate trade-off for what the fan receives in return: an intense parasocial relationship.

From Salon • Jun. 29, 2025

Shelling has also flared up repeatedly around the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station, a complex of six reactors that constitutes Europe’s largest nuclear power plant.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 3, 2024

Shelling has damaged the plant numerous times, raising fears of a possible nuclear meltdown.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 8, 2023

Shelling did not, however, prevent a rather fierce fusilade from our old friends of Captain dark's company at Waterman's Bluff, near Township Landing; but even this did no serious damage, and this was the last.

From Army Life in a Black Regiment by Higginson, Thomas Wentworth