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Recent Examples of shovel
The 1920s briefcase is wide open, arm scraping across the table, shoveling it into the briefcase.
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Christopher Kamrani, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
Walking briskly, shovelling snow, or cycling in a winter coat can lead to overheating.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 14 Aug. 2025
David Beatty, age 65, looked on as a bulldozer scooped up tents and other belongings and shoveled them into a garbage truck.
—Brian Mann, NPR, 14 Aug. 2025
There's truly nothing like licking that paper lid, then shoveling that tiny tongue depressor into a child-sized serving of vanilla or chocolate ice cream.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 8 Aug. 2025
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Christopher Kamrani, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
Walking briskly, shovelling snow, or cycling in a winter coat can lead to overheating.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 14 Aug. 2025
David Beatty, age 65, looked on as a bulldozer scooped up tents and other belongings and shoveled them into a garbage truck.
—Brian Mann, NPR, 14 Aug. 2025
There's truly nothing like licking that paper lid, then shoveling that tiny tongue depressor into a child-sized serving of vanilla or chocolate ice cream.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 8 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shovel
Verb
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The deeper Acosta dug, the more concrete his convictions became about how McCarthy’s standard — both for himself and others — would raise the expectations at IMG.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Controversy erupted in 1933 over Viking’s publication of Erskine Caldwell’s fourth novel, God’s Little Acre, a story of farmers in Georgia digging futilely for gold.—
Paul Slovak
September 8,
Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Archaeologists excavated the underground burial and found a secondary connecting structure.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
9 Sep. 2025
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While excavating the ruins, archaeologists from the University of Haifa's Zinman Institute of Archaeology were struck by a floor design at the entrance of an ancient building.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Shovel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shovel. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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