shell

Example Sentences

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Now could you be asked to shell out even more to compensate for rising fuel costs?

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

Its unusual internal shell has long confused scientists.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

The layers of shell companies and use of foreign conduits into luxury real estate help leaders of the Islamic Republic maintain an image back home of embracing modesty and rejecting lavish lifestyles, researchers say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Now is not the time to go into their shell.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

The globe no longer held water, and its plastic shell had been broken and pieced back together with tape now yellowed with age.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti