shelling

Example Sentences

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It’s no wonder that some of the savviest teams in the league understood it was worth shelling out for a good one.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

He added: "The tanker Grinch will leave French waters after shelling out several million euros and three weeks of costly immobilisation at Fos-sur-Mer. Let's keep it up."

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

The inversion, first flagged by the X account of Fiscal.ai, points to a change in how investors are viewing Microsoft and the other tech companies that are shelling out billions to build AI infrastructure.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 9, 2026

Farmer Pongsri Rapan, 60, said she lost all her belongings except a wardrobe when her house was destroyed by shelling, but told reporters: "I'm not scared because the army is around me."

From Barron's • Feb. 7, 2026

They were sitting on the terrace, Miss Lilian in a lawn chair and Mother on the lion bench, shelling peas into a bowl.

From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn