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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hard-shell
Adjective
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Trump has vowed to remove millions of immigrants without legal status as part of a hard-line mass deportation policy.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 June 2025
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That July, students protested the closure of a reformist newspaper—one of a few outlets that dared to openly criticize the hard-line clerical establishment.—
Kian Tajbakhsh,
The Atlantic,
27 June 2025
Adjective
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Google’s Threat Intelligence Group identifies Scattered Spider as a financially motivated threat actor known for its persistent use of social engineering and brazen communications with victims.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
24 June 2025
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The study reported that almost half of physicians who were persistent cigarette smokers were killed by their habit, and a quarter died before age 70.—
Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
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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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
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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
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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Because questioning takes courage, especially in rigid hierarchies.—
Oscar Chavez-Arrieta,
Forbes.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
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The idyllic universe that Mafalda had lived in was falling apart; the fissures in Argentinean society had become too severe, too dangerous, and the time for making sarcastic cracks at those in power had passed.—
Daniel Alarcón,
New Yorker,
30 June 2025
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Students reported a range of misfortunes, including severe injuries from car accidents, pregnancy complications, depression, PTSD, blindness and chronic illness—all conditions that could befall any STEM major at any time.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 June 2025
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“Hard-shell.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hard-shell. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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