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we shelled out an obscene amount of money for those concert tickets
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Meanwhile, Trump will shell out $1 billion to solve the egg crisis.
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Bruce Gil, Quartz, 27 Feb. 2025
Musk could start with the most ridiculous waste of money in college sports — the exorbitant coaching contract buyouts whereby schools sign football coaches to 8-year contracts worth $10 million a year, only to fire the coaches two years later and shell out massive amounts of money.
—Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2025
Now, why would men subject themselves to such a procedure repeatedly and shell out the money each time to do so?
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
Should all 76 passengers accept the $30,000, Delta will have to shell out nearly $2.3 million.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 20 Feb. 2025
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Bruce Gil, Quartz, 27 Feb. 2025
Musk could start with the most ridiculous waste of money in college sports — the exorbitant coaching contract buyouts whereby schools sign football coaches to 8-year contracts worth $10 million a year, only to fire the coaches two years later and shell out massive amounts of money.
—Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2025
Now, why would men subject themselves to such a procedure repeatedly and shell out the money each time to do so?
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
Should all 76 passengers accept the $30,000, Delta will have to shell out nearly $2.3 million.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 20 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for shell out
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“Shell out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shell%20out. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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