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Recent Examples of shovel
To avoid this issue, coat your snow shovel with cooking spray before shoveling snow.
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Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Mar. 2025
Samuel Girard spun to the middle of the ice and shoveled the puck toward the net.
—Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 11 Mar. 2025
Grace bent to shovel another square step in the endless ice up Karstens Ridge.
—Cassidy Randall, Rolling Stone, 2 Mar. 2025
Since 1965, Berkshire has shoveled $101 billion into the U.S. treasury, Buffett wrote.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 22 Feb. 2025
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Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Mar. 2025
Samuel Girard spun to the middle of the ice and shoveled the puck toward the net.
—Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 11 Mar. 2025
Grace bent to shovel another square step in the endless ice up Karstens Ridge.
—Cassidy Randall, Rolling Stone, 2 Mar. 2025
Since 1965, Berkshire has shoveled $101 billion into the U.S. treasury, Buffett wrote.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 22 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shovel
Verb
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Using a travel pill organizer can save space and keep you from having to dig around your bag for all of your vitamins and medicine.—
Rylee Johnston,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Apr. 2025
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The companies involved in the cable installation project called Missouri’s 811 information line and shared their intent to dig before April 9.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
22 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The thrill of the rush is what got kids on the run as their parents tried to direct them to areas not yet excavated.—
Gloria Casas,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Apr. 2025
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Underground is a contemporary interpretation of the Roman baths excavated in nearby Cimiez, with a warm tepidarium, a hot caldarium, and a frigidarium, or cold plunge.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Shovel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shovel. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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