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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scooping (out)
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Her team has been excavating Taposiris Magna, a temple located west of Alexandria, once thought to hold little significance.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Oct. 2025 -
The artifacts were found by archaeologists excavating the Troy archaeological site, located in northwestern Turkey.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
16 Oct. 2025
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Videos posted to Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu showed hikers shoveling snow off buried tents in blustery whiteout conditions.—
Lex Harvey,
CNN Money,
7 Oct. 2025
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Soldiers have also been spotted in parks carrying out tasks typically assigned to gardeners and landscapers – shoveling mulch, blowing leaves and scooping up trash.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Scooping (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scooping%20%28out%29. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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