shells

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Comey said on Instagram that he posted "a picture of some shells I saw today on a beach walk, which I assumed were a political message."

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

They are rugged concrete basins with shells fixed to vertical man-made walls.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

Published in the journal Nature, the study shows that oyster reefs are not random clusters of shells.

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026

Kinney disappeared in 1999 and on June 17, 2022, a family looking for sea shells on Salmon Creek State Beach came across a bone sticking out of the sand.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

The town of Crisfield lay in the sunlight before them, bleached white as the oyster shells scattered around the ground.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt