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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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Verb
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Marrow also peeled back the curtain on how Louisville balances its revenue-sharing budget.—
Payton Titus,
Louisville Courier Journal,
11 Sep. 2025
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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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Israel has also bombed Lebanon, Syria, Iran and Yemen in the course of the Gaza conflict.—
Jarrett Renshaw,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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Between September 5 and 8, five high-rise buildings were bombed, according to Mahmoud Basal, Gaza’s Civil Defense spokesman.—
Zeena Saifi,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Shelled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shelled. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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