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Recent Examples of whelk
On board the 30-foot Salford sailing whelk yacht, there’s silence except for the creak of ropes and gurgle of our wake.
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Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2024
However, visitors will find moon snails, conch shells, pen shells, periwinkles, whelks, and olive shells, all indigenous to the area.
—Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 11 Aug. 2024
The menu is full of seaside favorites, including generous platters and seafood towers overflowing with langoustines, whelks, prawns, oysters, and lobsters.
—Jade Simon, Vogue, 21 June 2024
Local specimens include lightning whelks and angel wings from the bay and lions-paw scallops and alphabet cones from the Gulf.
—Robin Soslow, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
Is there something profound about making a whelk taste, quite pleasingly, like sour-cream-and-onion chips?
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2024
Live channel whelk or conch are for sale at the Newport Lobster Shack on June 30, 2023 in Newport, R.I.Glenn Osmundson
At the Newport Lobster Shack, co-op president Dave Spencer hands a channel whelk, or conch, to manager Eileen Braman for a customer on Friday, June 30, 2023.
—Andrea E. McHugh, BostonGlobe.com, 6 July 2023
Beyond that, sand dollars, conch shells, murex shells, worm-snail shells, Florida spiny jewel boxes, and lightning whelk shells are just a few of the varieties found there.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 20 June 2023
Once the whelk slipped back into the spiral tunnel of its shell, the shell provides protection similar to a fortress.
—Discover Magazine, 31 Jan. 2013
Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2024
However, visitors will find moon snails, conch shells, pen shells, periwinkles, whelks, and olive shells, all indigenous to the area.
—Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 11 Aug. 2024
The menu is full of seaside favorites, including generous platters and seafood towers overflowing with langoustines, whelks, prawns, oysters, and lobsters.
—Jade Simon, Vogue, 21 June 2024
Local specimens include lightning whelks and angel wings from the bay and lions-paw scallops and alphabet cones from the Gulf.
—Robin Soslow, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
Is there something profound about making a whelk taste, quite pleasingly, like sour-cream-and-onion chips?
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2024
Live channel whelk or conch are for sale at the Newport Lobster Shack on June 30, 2023 in Newport, R.I.Glenn Osmundson
At the Newport Lobster Shack, co-op president Dave Spencer hands a channel whelk, or conch, to manager Eileen Braman for a customer on Friday, June 30, 2023.
—Andrea E. McHugh, BostonGlobe.com, 6 July 2023
Beyond that, sand dollars, conch shells, murex shells, worm-snail shells, Florida spiny jewel boxes, and lightning whelk shells are just a few of the varieties found there.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 20 June 2023
Once the whelk slipped back into the spiral tunnel of its shell, the shell provides protection similar to a fortress.
—Discover Magazine, 31 Jan. 2013
Recent Examples of Synonyms for whelk
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The right pair of socks will keep your feet comfortable and dry for a full day of hiking while helping to prevent blisters and hotspots.Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 10 Dec. 2024
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Reviewers swear by this pair (and Darn Tough, in general) for wool socks that prevent blisters and keep toes warm and dry.Lauren Mazzo, Glamour, 10 Dec. 2024
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Add baking soda as recommended by quantity of beans, and bring to a boil.Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 3 Dec. 2024
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Miles of strip malls offer thrilling meals from all over the world: taco shops; dim-sum palaces; Indian and Pakistani banquet halls; Vietnamese restaurants that specialize in banh mi, or pho, or borrow Cajun traditions like crawfish boils.Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
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Folliculitis can, in turn, lead to red pimples and pustules—sort of like scalp acne.Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 26 Oct. 2024
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Larger pimples that contain pus are called pustules.Ann Pietrangelo, Verywell Health, 1 Oct. 2024
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Some pimple patches are a standard circle shape, but these come in a cute star for a more fun look.Katrina Cossey, Parents, 11 Dec. 2024
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Pesky pimples, fine lines exacerbated by dehydration, and redness are difficult to camouflage — but there’s a secret weapon solution that’s quietly winning over makeup artists and industry insiders: Lancôme’s Dual Finish Powder Foundation.Katie McBroom, WWD, 4 Dec. 2024
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They were riddled with lesions, pock marks and holes.Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 9 Feb. 2024
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Barks, not the pock of tennis balls, were heard across the sunny, 40-acre (16-hectare) grounds of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.JENNIFER PELTZ, ajc, 6 May 2023
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Some research shows that people with acne generally have lower levels of zinc in their blood and that taking supplemental zinc may reduce inflammatory papules.Ann Pietrangelo, Verywell Health, 1 Oct. 2024
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These often red, inflamed bumps are also called papules.Ann Pietrangelo, Verywell Health, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Whelk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whelk. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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