as in sheaths
something that encloses another thing especially to protect it
the coffin was placed in a cement hull
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Recent Examples of hulls
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
23 June 2026
Around the world, sharks are washing ashore with their livers removed with chilling precision while in the Strait of Gibraltar, orcas are targeting sailboats – ramming hulls, crippling rudders, and sinking vessels.
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Denise Petski,
Deadline,
18 June 2026
Other steps needed to restart regular shipping traffic — from resetting insurance rates to scraping barnacles off tanker hulls — will take longer.
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Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
16 June 2026
At that hour the water was periwinkle, the sky soft graphite; the only sound was the hush of the boat’s twin hulls through the waves.
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Julie Orringer,
Travel + Leisure,
9 June 2026
Gulets with their hulls for that money will give you much more, believe me.
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Katia Damborsky,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
The third and fourth hulls already under construction at the Franklin shipyard.
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Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
1 June 2026
Mulch plants with dry, weed-free grass clippings, straw, cottonseed hulls, or wood chips to control weeds and conserve soil moisture.
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Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
31 May 2026
Currently, the tech team spends days carefully dismantling the giant wing sails, dropping the massive carbon platforms off their foils, and separating the hulls just to fit them inside the 40-foot containers.
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Andrew Rice,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
Noun
Bottom cleaners use lances to scrape biofoul off hulls.
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David Goldman,
CNN Money,
23 June 2026
Around the world, sharks are washing ashore with their livers removed with chilling precision while in the Strait of Gibraltar, orcas are targeting sailboats – ramming hulls, crippling rudders, and sinking vessels.
—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
18 June 2026
Other steps needed to restart regular shipping traffic — from resetting insurance rates to scraping barnacles off tanker hulls — will take longer.
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Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
16 June 2026
At that hour the water was periwinkle, the sky soft graphite; the only sound was the hush of the boat’s twin hulls through the waves.
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Julie Orringer,
Travel + Leisure,
9 June 2026
Gulets with their hulls for that money will give you much more, believe me.
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Katia Damborsky,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
The third and fourth hulls already under construction at the Franklin shipyard.
—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
1 June 2026
Mulch plants with dry, weed-free grass clippings, straw, cottonseed hulls, or wood chips to control weeds and conserve soil moisture.
—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
31 May 2026
Currently, the tech team spends days carefully dismantling the giant wing sails, dropping the massive carbon platforms off their foils, and separating the hulls just to fit them inside the 40-foot containers.
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Andrew Rice,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hulls
Noun
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Opt for bigger hanging bulbs, discrete flickers, or even hanging sheaths.
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The payload was designed to test a hypersonic navigation system capable of accurately identifying spacecraft position, even when communications are blocked by intense plasma sheaths during hypersonic flight.
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This peels the macro noise off the 10-K, leaving behind a clean, company-specific dataset that background models can actually calculate.
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As the series peels back the secrets surrounding the coastal town, Southwick’s performance evolves from rebellious teenager to a young man forced to confront painful truths about his family and his place in a much larger story.
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Ballistics evidence collected from the scene was ultimately connected to shell casings found in the backyard of her home in Vermont, Rouse said.
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Rouse said two shell casings found at the scene matched an unrecovered gun that Michelle Zajko used at a firing range in the backyard of her home in Vermont.
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During the drive, a tank shells the car, killing most of the occupants.
Noun
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From elaborate Persian rugs to minimalist sisal floor coverings to bold maximalist styles, there is something fit for every home.
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Incorporating softer pieces, such as rugs, upholstered pieces, and window coverings, is a critical step that helps with sound control and creates an enveloping atmosphere.
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Mac barks at Andi as the two of them drive home.
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Much like a dog that barks at every little noise and passerby, my skin is reactive.
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The school will launch as a one-room, 1,200-square-foot schoolhouse in Fort Greene, similar to the learning pods that proliferated during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Watch On Those of a certain age might recall the first spectacular trailers opening with images of a 23rd-century domed city sparkling with water features and bright white buildings connected by transparent transportation tubes filled with bullet-like people pods.
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From headlight housings and door trim to bumpers and exhaust tips, the polish doesn’t just work on chrome but also steel, copper, aluminum and brass.
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The Colorado State Patrol is asking for any witnesses or anyone who may know the whereabouts of a 2014 to 2016 dark blue or black Jeep Wrangler with damage to one of the foglight housings on the front bumper.
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“Hulls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hulls. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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