as in to wax
to defeat by a large margin
the local football team was shellacked 35-0 in their final outing for the season
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Recent Examples of shellac
And it certainly can be noticed, both in its abundance, and in the case of the Warriors’ 129-104 shellacking on Friday night at the hands of the Nuggets in an Emirates Cup group stage matchup, in its absence.
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Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2025
While Cincinnati’s visit to Detroit was one of the more intriguing matchups on the fall calendar, the loss of Joe Burrow and the Bengals’ subsequent 48-10 shellacking under the horns of the Vikings have made the team a liability of sorts.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Robert Morris opened the campaign with a 45-3 loss at West Virginia before taking a 56-17 shellacking at Youngstown State.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
Pritzker shellacked Bailey in 2022.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
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Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2025
While Cincinnati’s visit to Detroit was one of the more intriguing matchups on the fall calendar, the loss of Joe Burrow and the Bengals’ subsequent 48-10 shellacking under the horns of the Vikings have made the team a liability of sorts.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Robert Morris opened the campaign with a 45-3 loss at West Virginia before taking a 56-17 shellacking at Youngstown State.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
Pritzker shellacked Bailey in 2022.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shellac
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Just over a week later, Venus will appear above the waxing crescent moon, and below it, Jupiter and Mercury will be visible.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
31 Dec. 2025
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Someone else’s waxing is my at-home tweezing.—
Caroline Rothstein,
InStyle,
30 Dec. 2025
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Tips for Making Cherry Cookies Decker’s recipe doesn’t call for softened butter, but allowing the butter to soften before beating it with the sugar (a process known as creaming) will lead to a lighter, fluffier texture.—
Heather Riske,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Jan. 2026
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And for dessert, there’s the delightful sponge balls called gulab jamun and shahi falooda, a sweet drink mixed with basil seeds, cream and rose syrup.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
30 Dec. 2025
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And killing civilians could backfire, invalidating what the US is trying to achieve and handing Iran’s regime both a propaganda win and a rallying cry, especially to those citizens who may want reform, but equally have no desire to be bombed by the US once more.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
14 Jan. 2026
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The 165-year-old synagogue is the largest one in the state and was previously bombed by the Ku Klux Klan in the 1960s.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
13 Jan. 2026
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Freshman Anthony Ali Nayab scored six of his nine points in the fourth quarter, including a pair of game-clinching free throws with 25 seconds to play, and Cathedral Catholic overcame an 11-point deficit and edged Mira Mesa 47-45 on Tuesday night in a key Western League game.—
John Maffei,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Jan. 2026
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The researchers do note that Veronika’s environment may have played a role in her skillful use of a tool to overcome limitations.—
Leslie Katz,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Chargers blockers failed to solve a few stunts, The Patriots whipped them on straight-up rushes, too.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Jan. 2026
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Absinthe 1 egg white Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker and shake briefly without ice to whip the egg.—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
10 Jan. 2026
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Medieval Europeans moved to England consistently A press release by the University of Cambridge continued that researchers studied more than 700 chemical signatures from the teeth of people buried in England between AD 400 and 1100.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Jan. 2026
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He will be cremated, with his ashes buried next to his parents in Joliet, Osborne said.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Jan. 2026
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Whether stowed in a recipe tin, pasted in a book, or safely tucked away in a memory, family recipes are part of what makes cooking so special.—
Mary Shannon Wells,
Southern Living,
15 Jan. 2026
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California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains, only recently pasted with heavy snow from atmospheric river storms, are the exception.—
Andrew Freedman,
CNN Money,
9 Jan. 2026
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In the fall, the workers trade in their pruning shears for knives sharp enough to skin a deer in minutes.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
28 Nov. 2025
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All of them knew how to skin a deer.—
Jamie Thompson,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Shellac.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shellac. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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