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Recent Examples of shelled
The fiber increases when eating the seeds after they are shelled.
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Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 24 Nov. 2025
Raw shelled eggs and open milk and creamer containers were outside of proper holding temperatures.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 21 Nov. 2025
Rajab and her family had been fleeing Gaza City when their vehicle was shelled, killing her uncle, aunt, and three cousins.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2025
Zach Agnos and Nick Anderson were both shelled in the seventh as Baltimore batted around in the frame, and then some.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 28 Sep. 2025
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Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 24 Nov. 2025
Raw shelled eggs and open milk and creamer containers were outside of proper holding temperatures.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 21 Nov. 2025
Rajab and her family had been fleeing Gaza City when their vehicle was shelled, killing her uncle, aunt, and three cousins.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2025
Zach Agnos and Nick Anderson were both shelled in the seventh as Baltimore batted around in the frame, and then some.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 28 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shelled
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But what investors were really keeping their eyes peeled for were signs of political fingerprints on the independent central bank.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
29 Jan. 2026
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Enjoy the video below with the trip’s highlights, and keep your eyes peeled for subsequent stories that will hopefully reveal the magic of the Dakar.—
Jerry Perez,
The Drive,
22 Jan. 2026
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McIntyre sent Fatu through a table in the crowd, then power bombed Rhodes through another table.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
25 Jan. 2026
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Several urban and industrial sites were heavily bombed during the 2024 war, especially in south Beirut and Tyre, a major city in southern Lebanon.—
Josiane Yazbeck,
The Conversation,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Shelled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shelled. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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