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shells

  • plural of shell.
  • present tense form of shell (3rd person singular).

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Kalyani produces 60,000 shells monthly and wants to produce more of the chemicals that go into them.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

In Chapineria, west of Madrid, the flames had torn through dozens of vehicles at an industrial park, leaving charred shells behind, AFP photographers saw.

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

Walking along the railroad tracks, she watched Simon Rodia build the Watts Towers’ 17 spires from rebar, shells, tiles, mirrors, soda bottles and cement.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

They lie in mud, shells, ice and rock - fragments of evidence from a time when the Atlantic appears to have changed with startling speed.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

He asked the spirits for the number of shells.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock