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are shells
noun
A hard external covering of an animal.
Exact(22)
Looted public buildings are shells.
Not all offshore banks are shells.
The Kings are shells of themselves when they leave Sacramento.
Most are shells set up for foreign companies and wealthy individuals seeking to avoid taxes.
We are shells of the people we used to be and heartbroken.
Stretched out as far as the eye can see are shells — large, tiny, cone-shaped, scalloped, spiraled, white, orange, pink.
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The Brazilians are shell-shocked.
"They are shelling the street randomly".
"We are shelling from a distance".
"All the time they are shelling.
Now we are shell-shocked.
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