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shell

[shel] / ʃɛl /


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Back in 2022 you only had to shell out £1 for the average box of six supermarket own brand free-range eggs.

From BBC • May 24, 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

To be fair, the company appears to have successfully developed a membrane that can provide oxygen to the growing embryos better than existing technologies that have allowed chicks to grow outside the shell.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 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

The creature had a small head and long flippers and a large, streamlined shell.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown




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