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we shelled out an obscene amount of money for those concert tickets
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Travelers’ preferences have also changed coming out of the pandemic, with many consumers willing to shell out for more space on board or perks like swanky airport lounges, airline executives say.
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Erin Black, CNBC, 5 Jan. 2025
Debates to anticipate include another big push to shell out some public dollars to families who send their children to private schools.
—Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 3 Jan. 2025
Blockchain billionaire and art collector Justin Sun made global headlines in November after shelling out $6.2 million at Sotheby’s for Maurizio Cattelan’s Comedian (2019), his infamous banana duct-taped to a wall.
—Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 3 Jan. 2025
In fact, there probably are scads of people who won’t mind shelling out a few more bucks, if only to see how many of their favorite survivors — well, continue to survive.
—Joe Leydon, Variety, 20 Dec. 2024
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Erin Black, CNBC, 5 Jan. 2025
Debates to anticipate include another big push to shell out some public dollars to families who send their children to private schools.
—Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 3 Jan. 2025
Blockchain billionaire and art collector Justin Sun made global headlines in November after shelling out $6.2 million at Sotheby’s for Maurizio Cattelan’s Comedian (2019), his infamous banana duct-taped to a wall.
—Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 3 Jan. 2025
In fact, there probably are scads of people who won’t mind shelling out a few more bucks, if only to see how many of their favorite survivors — well, continue to survive.
—Joe Leydon, Variety, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Shell out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shell%20out. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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