Shelby
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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There’s a welcome familiarity to Sally Field that emanates through the screen as you watch “Remarkably Bright Creatures,” a charmingly sweet adaptation of Shelby Van Pelt’s hit 2022 novel of the same name.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
Callais, like its 2013 predecessor Shelby County v.
From Slate • May 5, 2026
“With the 2026–2027 RVOs now in place, the industry is positioned to deliver,” Shelby Neal, Darling’s vice president of renewables and energy policy, wrote in a blog post Wednesday.
From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026
The Netflix series gets a feature-film coda starring Cillian Murphy and Barry Keoghan, following the Shelby family as it becomes entangled in a German plan to destabilize the British economy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
“When I get there,” Shelby said, “I’m not gonna talk to him. Not for the whole weekend.”
From "The Honest Truth" by Dan Gemeinhart
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