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Recent Examples of hard-shell
His hard-shell kayak was found the following morning about 7½ miles downstream.
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Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2025
What to look for in quality hard-shell luggage Handle
A quality hard-shell luggage set will feature an adjustable handle.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
You are locked in position by hard-shell Tillett race seats with four-point harness belts.
—Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 27 Feb. 2025
Its hard-shell exterior protects your belongings, and the spinner wheels provide effortless mobility to breeze through the airport.
—Samantha Leal, Travel + Leisure, 14 Feb. 2025
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Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2025
What to look for in quality hard-shell luggage Handle
A quality hard-shell luggage set will feature an adjustable handle.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
You are locked in position by hard-shell Tillett race seats with four-point harness belts.
—Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 27 Feb. 2025
Its hard-shell exterior protects your belongings, and the spinner wheels provide effortless mobility to breeze through the airport.
—Samantha Leal, Travel + Leisure, 14 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hard-shell
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hard-shell
Adjective
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The Senate version removed this provision and some others passed by the House, generating pushback among some hard-line conservatives.—
Rachel Frazin,
The Hill,
19 June 2025
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The conflict—and America's role in it—has splintered Trump's MAGA coalition, as the movement's isolationist wing stands staunchly opposed to hawkish pro-Trump lawmakers and media figures who favor a more hard-line stance toward Iran.—
Sonam Sheth,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 June 2025
Adjective
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Put another way, even though China will remain a persistent and formidable challenger to the United States, and even though much of Southeast Asia seems to be gravitating toward China, Beijing still has a lot of work to do to allay concerns and win the trust of regional states.—
Yuen Foong Khong,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
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Despite their diversity, these groups share common threads of systemic exclusion from traditional financial services, contributing to persistent inequities in wealth and opportunity.—
Kevin Cohee,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
Adjective
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Scale insects are one of the most common and tenacious pest of ornamental plants.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
26 June 2025
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If any tenacious wax is stuck to the tip of the dome, try using the wire loop on the reverse of the brush to gently scoop it out.—
Christopher Null,
Wired News,
22 June 2025
Adjective
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Born in Philadelphia in October 1888, Breen shuttled between jobs in public relations, newspaper journalism, and the U.S. consular service, yet the connecting thread was always his deep, proud, stern Irish Catholicism.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 June 2025
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However, strikes between the two nations appeared to continue—leading to a stern rebuke from the president on Tuesday morning.—
Jason Lemon,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 June 2025
Adjective
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First, consider dynamic withdrawal strategies that adjust based on portfolio performance, rather than rigid rules.—
Bruce Helmer,
Twin Cities,
21 June 2025
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It's been 28 years since the rage virus — a virulent, bloodborne infection that sends its hosts into extreme, uncontrollable rage and states of undead decay — escaped a lab and decimated nearly all of the United Kingdom, now under rigid quarantine.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
20 June 2025
Adjective
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Despite setbacks — including talks of a walkout, which stalled when leadership got wind of the strategic move — the cheerleaders remained steadfast in their pursuit.—
Angelique Jackson,
Variety,
25 June 2025
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While some things have changed since then — such as her hair color and last name — Brett’s philosophy on the power of education and educators has remained steadfast, even as the culture and technology of both education and the world shifted.—
Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
24 June 2025
Adjective
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Death doesn’t scare the body because all the body wants is to lie on the couch with a golf tournament on TV but the mind is drip, drip, drip, drip, relentless.—
Campbell McGrath,
New Yorker,
23 June 2025
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On Pressing Onward, Freedia is creating her own religious experience of sorts — one that marries the powerful peaks and sonorous valleys of gospel with the irrepressible, relentless energy of bounce.—
Joe Lynch,
Billboard,
23 June 2025
Adjective
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In one study, participants with a history of Lyme were 8 to 15 times more likely to report moderate or severe fatigue than those who had never had the disease.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
18 June 2025
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One of the surviving passengers sustained a severe brain injury in the crash and was in a coma for four months.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
18 June 2025
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“Hard-shell.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hard-shell. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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