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And cards with a 0% introductory rate usually claim that rate is also available on balance transfers, but that’s a bit of a shell game.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

The snails are covered by a 'glutinous' mantle - a layer of translucent tissue that wraps around the shell from beneath.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Jackets make me feel like I have a little shell and each one is a different flavor of shell depending on what the jacket is.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

But another explanation is that "the market sees it more or less as a shell game," O'Hare said of the policy.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

Chica lumbered up from the water, a smug look on her face and purple paint across her shell.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr

The area is littered with massive piles of shells called middens, left by indigenous groups who ate the river’s wild oysters for more than a thousand years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

Rheinmetall has been making ammo since before World War I, and presumably its factories produced their fair share of the shells still lurking in Germany’s soil.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

Astronomers are still working to understand why this swept-up gas forms such complicated arrangements of rings and shells, structures that are commonly seen in planetary nebulae.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026

Police in India have fired tear gas shells on protesters demanding reforms to recruitment exams in the eastern state of Jharkhand.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

Capron then counted the shells in his hand.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

LSU has shelled out more than $40 million in NIL payments to its roster this season, an outlay that helped it build the top transfer recruiting class in the country.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

Weeks later, in July 2014, Drapatiy coordinated the safe withdrawal of 260 troops from an area that was encircled and relentlessly shelled for weeks by Russian forces.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Fox paid $485 million for the rights to the 2026 World Cup, while Telemundo shelled out $600 million for the Spanish-language telecasts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

My parents wanted to save my life, and so they shelled out the cash, my father taking on side jobs to pay for it.

From MarketWatch ● May 27, 2026

A tortoise was shelled with a green and orange gourd.

From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker

Instead of shelling out at least $1,999 up front, Duo buyers can lease their foldable for $57.99 a month across a two-year schedule, or $82.99 a month across 12 months.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

Americans are also spending more than their European counterparts on each trip, including shelling out for luxury experiences.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

Netflix has revealed just how big it is betting on artificial intelligence, shelling out more than half a billion dollars for one of the early AI movers in Hollywood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

Despite the constant shelling, Odesa remains a prime holiday destination for Ukrainians.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

Leroy asleep in the back and Benny and Sugar and Kindra is shelling peanuts in the backyard.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett