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Recent Examples of hard-shell
Dubai chocolate bars, known for their hard-shell chocolate exterior and creamy, nutty green center, have taken over social media for months.
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Greta Cross, USA Today, 11 July 2025
Wipes are perfect for smooth, non-porous surfaces like polycarbonate, polypropylene, or ABS plastic, which is what most hard-shell suitcases are made of.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 June 2025
Which hard-shell luggage is best? Hard-shell luggage provides a durable space for your items during travel.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
In addition to the USB-C cable, the Air 3s comes with a hard-shell zip-up carrying case and a microfiber cleaning cloth.
—PC Magazine, 12 June 2025
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Greta Cross, USA Today, 11 July 2025
Wipes are perfect for smooth, non-porous surfaces like polycarbonate, polypropylene, or ABS plastic, which is what most hard-shell suitcases are made of.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 June 2025
Which hard-shell luggage is best? Hard-shell luggage provides a durable space for your items during travel.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
In addition to the USB-C cable, the Air 3s comes with a hard-shell zip-up carrying case and a microfiber cleaning cloth.
—PC Magazine, 12 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hard-shell
Adjective
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What Happens Next More African nations could sign up to facilitate deportations as a third country as the administration looks to carry out hard-line deportation plans.—
Billal Rahman
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Aug. 2025
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The nation’s immigration courts have become a key focus of Trump’s hard-line immigration enforcement efforts.—
Michael Kunzelman,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Residents face persistent shortages of water, electricity and medical care.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
24 Aug. 2025
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The persistent lack of performance caused many to wonder if Howell may be unseated as Minnesota’s next-in-line behind J.J. McCarthy under center.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
23 Aug. 2025
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Each turn of the globe brings a fresh catastrophe, a crisis, real or imagined, that sends the comedian back into battle with his tenacious anxiety.—
Mikey O'Connell,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Aug. 2025
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Get inspired by a small group of industrious, tenacious, and daring men and women who were born into slavery and broke new ground to attain the highest levels of financial success.—
Essence,
Essence,
7 Aug. 2025
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Over the past three seasons, viewers have grown fond of Laurel, Belly’s stern but loving mom, whose friendship with the Fisher boys’ mom, Susannah (Rachel Blanchard), is the reason Belly’s in this whole brother-love-triangle mess to begin with.—
Sam Reed,
Glamour,
20 Aug. 2025
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Yet the power in these two performances isn’t supplemented by much texture in the stern, declamatory writing: There’s little sense of how this relationship functions, or once functioned, outside these particularly fraught scenes.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
9 Aug. 2025
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Attackers see these rigid, unchanging patterns as roadmaps.—
Forrester,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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Sarpong, who studies finance, felt Harris' views were rigid and didn't acknowledge valid concerns of conservatives.—
Alex J. Rouhandeh,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Throughout the process, the brothers' extended family has been steadfast in backing their release.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
23 Aug. 2025
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Having reaffirmed his happiness at Newcastle publicly as recently as March, the club was steadfast in its belief he would not be sold and would not agitate for a move away.—
Harry De Cosemo,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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In neurodegenerative diseases like amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and aging, brain cells endure relentless damage from the excessive formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which can result in oxidative stress.—
Hannah Millington,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Aug. 2025
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Retailers are navigating relentless disruption—and nowhere is the impact more acute than in merchandising.—
Jill Standish,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Beware of box tree moths At the top of this list is a severe problem everyone with boxwood shrubs should be concerned about.—
Chris McKeown,
The Enquirer,
30 Aug. 2025
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The outbreak of the disease, a severe form of pneumonia caused by the Legionella bacteria, is believed to have spread from mist released by cooling towers used to regulate temperature inside buildings.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
30 Aug. 2025
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“Hard-shell.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hard-shell. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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