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shell

[shel] / ʃɛl /


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He also enjoyed a successful amateur boxing career as a lightweight at the Penarth club that his brother Bert established to help World War One veterans overcome Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - then called shell shock.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

Part arch, part engineered shell, these dramatic enclosures solve multiple problems simultaneously.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

It also became a classic example of a long-standing chemistry principle stating that stable transition metal complexes typically contain 18 electrons in their outer shell according to formal electron counting methods.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

"I don't feel obliged to tell the world, and actually I just couldn't at the time because I was just a shell of a person," said Minogue.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

Fred scrambled onto her back and hooked his claws to the edge of her shell, staring out over her head.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr




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