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Origin of shelled
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Arsenal shelled out close to £200m on new signings during the summer transfer window but fell short of landing the elite forward they craved.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
St. Louis shelled out for the broker’s fee—she figured it would pay off given how long she plans to stay there.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Listening to Shohei Ohtani’s assessment of his own performance on Wednesday, one would have thought he got shelled.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2026
My parents wanted to save my life, and so they shelled out the cash, my father taking on side jobs to pay for it.
From MarketWatch ● May 27, 2026
“The island in the harbor. That’s where the first fighting of the Civil War happened. The Confederates shelled the Union troops and took the fort.”
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
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