shells
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Organisms older than 500 million years did not yet possess shells or skeletons.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 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
And who knew that 19th-century San Francisco socialites ground up iridescent abalone shells and sprinkled them on their invitations?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
In keeping with the mid-19th century vogue for collecting and labeling specimens, a shipment of Ceylon oyster shells traveled to the British Museum in 1868.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
She did her charts and cleaned the hut; dusted, shook, and swept; got new palm fronds to make Alex’s bed; arranged sea shells around the coconut pearl and her mother’s picture.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
