shuck
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The actor learned to shuck oysters and clean fish to play a mentor to a teenage Anthony Bourdain in the new movie “Tony.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
One of my fondest food-related memories growing up is watching my father shuck corn at our local supermarket.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2023
I’ll put one of my oyster plates in the freezer while I shuck the oysters from the farmers market.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2023
It takes just a few minutes to zap the corn cobs in their husks, which makes them easy to shuck.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 31, 2022
Refrain: Turn out here and shuck this corn, Oh!
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
During his $45 two-hour tours that embark from a dock at Schooner Landing, Holmes offers a steady patter of oyster-related wisecracks, as his partner, Olga Oros, shucks and hands out shellfish.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
I didn’t want to be the aww shucks dad, “kids are so crazy” comic, so I appreciate you noticing that.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026
The NFL issued a $10 million fine — so, shucks, poor Dan will have to put his next super yacht on layaway — and shifted day-to-day control of the team to his wife, Tanya.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 23, 2022
He might as well have said, "Aw, shucks."
From Fox News ● Feb. 5, 2022
She thought about the clippings in the cigar box—and shucks, even the papers on the wall—and thought, maybe...maybe...
From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper
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