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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

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’s a shell of a shell of what it used to be.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

The glycocalyx surrounds all human cells like a protective outer shell.

From Science Daily • May 18, 2026

I crack them and slurp them down raw out of the shell.

From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones




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