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scallop

[skol-uhp, skal-] / ˈskɒl əp, ˈskæl- /










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Lady 56 was buried with a scallop shell, an unusual object to find in a medieval Scandinavian grave.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026

Meanwhile, the scallop and soup examples I mentioned above came, respectively, from Ed Yong’s “An Immense World,” about animal perception, and Sam Kean’s “The Disappearing Spoon”—of which I have completed 87% so far.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

Tempus even tucks in recipe cards, an apron, sea salt and scallop shells to make indulging as easy as can be.

From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2025

More than 100 of the cubes have already been used at a scallop farm in Torbay.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2025

I take about ten steps away, bend over, and pick up a perfect scallop shell.

From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

Our favorite dish was the house-made pappardelle with buffalo mozzarella and cherry tomatoes, topped with beautifully seared scallops.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026

It involves dragging heavy gear along the seabed to scoop up scallops which bury themselves in the mud.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026

With G&T, dinners showcase Dorset’s homegrown ingredients at their best: delicate hand-dived scallops from Lyme Bay, organic salads scattered with edible flowers, puddings as light as cherry blossoms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026

From there, the menu moves to the restaurant’s specialties: hand-cut steaks aged in-house, sautéed scallops and pan-fried walleye.

From Salon ● Mar. 10, 2026

One very hot morning in July, we were down on north beach where Timothy had found a patch of calico scallops not too far offshore.

From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor

Smaller hammerhead species such as the scalloped bonnethead, scoophead, and Pacific bonnethead have been devastated by overfishing, leaving so few that researchers struggle to find or study them.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2025

From an office perched on the scalloped edge of the continent, Victoria Bradley jokes that she has the most beautiful doctor's practice in Australia.

From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2025

Originally called “motto hearts,” the heart-shaped candies were conceived from a “cockle,” a Civil War-era scalloped candy that contained a wholesome message written on colored paper inside it, akin to a fortune cookie.

From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2024

“The sun had gotten near to the tops of the far mountains and the light scalloped their broken edges, spilling toward us a flood of burning silver,” Mr. Chappell writes.

From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2024

I found some growing by the water a little way down from our shelter, with their fanned-out leaves like scalloped elephant ears.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

For the adventurous and industrious, from October to March, the town sells $50-a-week shellfish permits for recreational scalloping.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026

Brown was working with a vocabulary that she called “delicate aberrations,” and small-scale gestures repeatedly catch the eye, like palms carving the air in a scalloping motion, or a forearm folding into a rib.

From New York Times ● May 25, 2022

When my kids were younger, I always took them scalloping.

From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2021

In New Bedford, Massachusetts, where the William Lee docks, scalloping season begins in April.

From National Geographic ● Feb. 8, 2021

Each had knotted, carefully combed tassels, fleur-de-lis borders, ornate medallion designs, and minute scalloping amid a motif of connected eight-spoked wheels, all in rust and fire orange.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson




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