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Recent Examples of shelled
Feast options include a 4-pound Lazy Man’s Maine Lobster, featuring fresh Maine lobster that is cooked, cracked, shelled and tossed in warm butter and white wine, then stuffed with sautéed shrimp and scallops and finished with Hollandaise.
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Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Feb. 2026
Syrian government forces shelled Kurdish neighborhoods in Aleppo on January 7, 2026, killing at least seven and displacing over 3,000 civilians to flee through evacuation corridors.
—Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 7 Jan. 2026
Peanuts—shelled or unshelled—are a favorite treat of bluejays, woodpeckers, chickadees, and several other species.
—Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Dec. 2025
In 2018, he was shelled in his two starts against Boston.
—Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2025
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Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Feb. 2026
Syrian government forces shelled Kurdish neighborhoods in Aleppo on January 7, 2026, killing at least seven and displacing over 3,000 civilians to flee through evacuation corridors.
—Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 7 Jan. 2026
Peanuts—shelled or unshelled—are a favorite treat of bluejays, woodpeckers, chickadees, and several other species.
—Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Dec. 2025
In 2018, he was shelled in his two starts against Boston.
—Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shelled
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Keep your eyes peeled to PCMag for news and updates as the court battle proceeds.—
Jim Fisher,
PC Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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In that split second Mara peeled to his right, curling around Avila for the easy lay in.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
21 Mar. 2026
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The house of another, Carlotta Walls, was bombed a month before her graduation, and the police subsequently tortured her father in an unsuccessful attempt to coerce a confession.—
Daniel Felsenthal,
Pitchfork,
4 Apr. 2026
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Tangled pieces of barbed wire, reams of rubble and fallen concrete scarred the skyline in Karaj, western Iran, on Friday, after the US military bombed a major new bridge under construction.—
Leila Gharagozlou,
CNN Money,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Shelled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shelled. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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