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we shelled out an obscene amount of money for those concert tickets
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Just two years prior, the NFL team had shelled out more than $1.4 million trying to get Becker elected mayor, and another roughly $1 million attacking Mayor Lisa Gillmor.
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Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
At the same time, left-wing billionaires have also shelled out historic sums this election cycle to boost Vice President Kamala Harris and other Democrats, the Washington Examiner reported.
—Gabe Kaminsky, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 5 Nov. 2024
By 2012, models, politicians, and actors were shelling out 130,000 pesos (about $71 at the time) for a gram of 2C-B — over 10 times the price of cocaine.
—Celia Ford, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
Further back, Barça has incautiously shelled out on expensive names—a habit contributing heavily to the economic nosedive.
—Henry Flynn, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
At the same time, left-wing billionaires have also shelled out historic sums this election cycle to boost Vice President Kamala Harris and other Democrats, the Washington Examiner reported.
—Gabe Kaminsky, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 5 Nov. 2024
By 2012, models, politicians, and actors were shelling out 130,000 pesos (about $71 at the time) for a gram of 2C-B — over 10 times the price of cocaine.
—Celia Ford, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
Further back, Barça has incautiously shelled out on expensive names—a habit contributing heavily to the economic nosedive.
—Henry Flynn, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Shell out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shell%20out. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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