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Recent Examples of shovel
That the hole grows, even as governments and their workers shovel more money into retirement systems, seems the new normal.
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Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 9 June 2025
The 41-year-old shoveled 70.5 hot dogs and buns into his mouth in just 10 minutes.
—Logan Holland, People.com, 4 July 2025
Carlyle shovels her walk and goes home, and the next day learns that Elizabeth Reuben committed suicide by leaving the gas on the night before.
—Benjamin Hale
june 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
Adding insult to injury, the state instead continues to shovel millions of dollars toward health care programs for undocumented immigrants — including at least $12 billion in the Legislature’s budget — while underfunding services Californians are paying for and counting on.
—Diane Dixon, Oc Register, 18 June 2025
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Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 9 June 2025
The 41-year-old shoveled 70.5 hot dogs and buns into his mouth in just 10 minutes.
—Logan Holland, People.com, 4 July 2025
Carlyle shovels her walk and goes home, and the next day learns that Elizabeth Reuben committed suicide by leaving the gas on the night before.
—Benjamin Hale
june 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
Adding insult to injury, the state instead continues to shovel millions of dollars toward health care programs for undocumented immigrants — including at least $12 billion in the Legislature’s budget — while underfunding services Californians are paying for and counting on.
—Diane Dixon, Oc Register, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shovel
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Support journalism that digs deeper into topics that matter most to Arkansans.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
14 July 2025
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Circularity done properly is more efficient and cheaper than dig and dump.—
Clem Chambers,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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From 2004 to 2009, a team excavated the Neumark-Nord 2 site year-round, even training over 175 international students in the process.—
Pranjal Malewar,
New Atlas,
12 July 2025
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In time, settlers would excavate and plunder countless ancestral ruins across the Southwest, with artifacts carried off to private collections and museum displays.—
Mike Bezemek,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 July 2025
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“Shovel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shovel. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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