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Free sign upThe phrase "a shell in the" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to marine life, technology, or metaphorical expressions involving protection or containment.
Example: "The scientist discovered a shell in the sand, revealing the remnants of a once-thriving marine ecosystem."
Alternatives: "a shell within the" or "a shell inside the".
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Gold nanoparticles were employed as a shell in the microcapsules.
Gen. Bayard, of the Cavalry, was killed by a shell in the edge of the little grove represented in the sketch.
The pub, which has been a fixture in the show since its launch in the 1960s, is reduced to a shell in the dramatic spring storyline.
Scott is on the committee for his 50th MIT reunion in June and looks forward to squeezing back into a shell in the Reunion Row crew race, as he has for the past few reunions.
Judy told the officers, "Amy said to me, 'I have a shell in the gun, and I don't know how to unload it.' I told Amy not to point the gun at anybody".
The future General George Marshall, who himself narrowly survived a shell in the war's closing minutes, feared that some of his fellow officers longed for the last-gasp kudos of a "grandstand finish", whatever the damage.
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To avoid an Irish withholding tax, the company added a "Dutch Sandwich" to its tax-planning menu, routing the payments to Bermuda through a shell in the Netherlands.
The Chicago Tribune is a shell in which the hollow carping of Mike Royko rings shrill.
He said he saw a shell in one of the barrels.
A shell casing in the room bore markings indicating it had been fired from his service revolver.
In 1994, a shell landed in the old city's crowded Markale marketplace, killing 68 civilians.
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