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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
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Support journalism that digs deeper into topics that matter most to Arkansans.—
Matt Byrne,
Arkansas Online,
3 May 2025
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Truths will be uncovered and transformation will take place, so buckle up for a wild, eye-opening ride Comments Secrets don't stay buried forever, and Pluto retrograde is here to dig them up!—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
3 May 2025
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In the 1930s, workers using explosives and machinery excavated a 13-mile tunnel beneath Mt. San Jacinto to bring Colorado River water to Southern California.—
Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Apr. 2025
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The rail crossing at Southwest Highway and Kilbourn Avenue in Oak Lawn will close for 10 days next month to excavate and replace the rail at a crossing used often by emergency vehicles.—
Olivia Stevens,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Shovel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shovel. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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