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"It's what we call a shell game," said McDonald, who drove one of the vehicles during the Bush administration.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

The first is a dynamic catechol/o-benzoquinone redox pair located in the polydopamine shell.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026

"There's an icy shell, there's water underneath, and there's all this speculation about how that water can come from deep underground and make its way all the way up without freezing en route," Ojha said.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026

These individuals often also used tax-haven shell companies to hold their stakes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

At 7:12 a.m. on February 21, 1916, an explosive shell fired from a German long-barreled gun nearly twenty miles away smashed into the thousand-year-old cathedral of Verdun.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

Astronomers are still working to understand why this swept-up gas forms such complicated arrangements of rings and shells, structures that are commonly seen in planetary nebulae.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026

An independent AFP investigation concluded that two Israeli 120mm tank shells were fired from the Jordeikh area inside Israel.

From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026

Rather than people, his focus is on shells and other sea detritus, which he arranged in discarded crates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026

They sell tacos with Dorito shells, nacho-seasoned fries and a Mexican pizza.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

There were no fortifications and walls back then, no artillery shells or even swords and shields.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

Fox paid $485 million for the rights to the 2026 World Cup, while Telemundo shelled out $600 million for the Spanish-language telecasts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

Megan McColl had no excuse, however, when she shelled Dunkley's stray cut when the England batter had 45.

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026

My parents wanted to save my life, and so they shelled out the cash, my father taking on side jobs to pay for it.

From MarketWatch ● May 27, 2026

Some have recalibrated pricing to offset the eyebrow-raising sums they have shelled out to secure the rights to sports programming such as the National Football League and Major League Baseball.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026

He’d park himself on our dusty front-porch steps, fold his suit jacket neatly on the glider, roll up his sleeves, and read to me from the Psalms and Deuteronomy while I shelled beans.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

Some state officials are betting that shelling out on new programs now can help bolster the economy before the next bust.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

Netflix has revealed just how big it is betting on artificial intelligence, shelling out more than half a billion dollars for one of the early AI movers in Hollywood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

Mark paid Williams £44,000 - but ended up shelling out an extra £20,000 to get the job finished without him.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026

Meet the World Cup fans shelling out thousands for once-in-a-lifetime trips — and some don’t even have tickets to games.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026

I heard her talking with our next-door neighbor while we were shelling pigeon peas.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago