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scooping (out)

verb

present participle of scoop (out)
as in hollowing (out)

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  1. excavating
  2. shoveling
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  • After being accused of illegally excavating sand from Malibu’s Broad Beach, Brewers owner Mark Attanasio is poised to settle by donating a $2-million oceanfront parcel for public use.
    — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • An international team of roughly 60 researchers from 13 countries was excavating the site when the amulet was discovered.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 26 Aug. 2026
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  • Right now, that means shoveling rocks, insulating and backfilling the basement of the American Hotel, the original hotel in the town which burned down in 2020.
    — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Residents sat in homes with walls washed away by the floods, shoveling sludge-like mud and rubble off balconies or window frames.
    — Victoria Milko, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of shoveling
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“Scooping (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scooping%20%28out%29. Accessed 16 Sep. 2026.

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