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Recent Examples of shelled
Peanuts—shelled or unshelled—are a favorite treat of bluejays, woodpeckers, chickadees, and several other species.
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Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Dec. 2024
Russian forces shelled the Kupiansk district in the eastern part of the region, killing three people and wounding three others on December 19.
—Katya Soldak, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
One theory holds that since shells frequently prevent tortoises from being eaten by predators, shelled species tend to live longer, and over time that may have helped to produce evolutionary pressures to age more slowly.
—Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024
Some got to a railway point; the tracks were shelled.
—Boris Fishman, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
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Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Dec. 2024
Russian forces shelled the Kupiansk district in the eastern part of the region, killing three people and wounding three others on December 19.
—Katya Soldak, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
One theory holds that since shells frequently prevent tortoises from being eaten by predators, shelled species tend to live longer, and over time that may have helped to produce evolutionary pressures to age more slowly.
—Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024
Some got to a railway point; the tracks were shelled.
—Boris Fishman, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shelled
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Now that the dust has settled, a handful of insiders peeled back the curtain on the meeting that marked the beginning of the end.—
Kevin McCormick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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Keep your eyes peeled for your boy.—
Brad Japhe,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Iran, whose nuclear-weapons program the United States bombed in June, has the Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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Residents in Gaza City told CNN of horrifying nights as Israel bombed the city from above and ground forces pushed into the outskirts of the city.—
Oren Liebermann,
CNN Money,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Shelled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shelled. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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