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Recent Examples of shoveled
Quasars are the extremely active supermassive black holes at the heart of some galaxies, furiously feeding on gas that is being shoveled towards their maw, and growing as a result of this voracious feeding.
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Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
12 June 2026
All that was left of the snow was shoveled into melting mounds at the edges of intersections and crosswalks.
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Jourdan Rodrigue,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
Nothing reminded me of that as much as when Kimi and Myka, after doing runway walks in their hairnets and drab white protective garments, shoveled the graves of whey out of a slurry and pitched them into a giant bin.
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Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
24 Apr. 2026
During construction, Black men shoveled mud through malarial swamps, while battling snakes and alligators in intense heat.
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Literary Hub,
10 Apr. 2026
In total, the crews shoveled out about 90 tons of debris – roughly the weight of 18 elephants.
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Caitlin Looby,
jsonline.com,
25 Mar. 2026
When Harrill last saw him in January, Klinner had shoveled Harrill’s vehicle out of the snow during a family wedding.
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David A. Lieb,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Mar. 2026
When Harrill last saw him in January, Klinner had shoveled Harrill’s vehicle out of the snow during a family wedding.
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David A. Lieb,
Fortune,
14 Mar. 2026
And as an East Coaster who shoveled two feet of snow from my driveway this week, my mental health requires me to look ahead.
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Kasey Caminiti,
USA Today,
24 Feb. 2026
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
12 June 2026
All that was left of the snow was shoveled into melting mounds at the edges of intersections and crosswalks.
—
Jourdan Rodrigue,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
Nothing reminded me of that as much as when Kimi and Myka, after doing runway walks in their hairnets and drab white protective garments, shoveled the graves of whey out of a slurry and pitched them into a giant bin.
—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
24 Apr. 2026
During construction, Black men shoveled mud through malarial swamps, while battling snakes and alligators in intense heat.
—
Literary Hub,
10 Apr. 2026
In total, the crews shoveled out about 90 tons of debris – roughly the weight of 18 elephants.
—
Caitlin Looby,
jsonline.com,
25 Mar. 2026
When Harrill last saw him in January, Klinner had shoveled Harrill’s vehicle out of the snow during a family wedding.
—
David A. Lieb,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Mar. 2026
When Harrill last saw him in January, Klinner had shoveled Harrill’s vehicle out of the snow during a family wedding.
—
David A. Lieb,
Fortune,
14 Mar. 2026
And as an East Coaster who shoveled two feet of snow from my driveway this week, my mental health requires me to look ahead.
—
Kasey Caminiti,
USA Today,
24 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoveled
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Meanwhile, China and other countries that dug deep into their inventories will probably want to replenish them, Oxley noted.
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The farmer thought the grave might have been dug by poachers, CBS Chicago's Phil Ponce reported at the time.
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The villa is still being excavated and studied, but archaeologists have so far uncovered a grand entrance hall with an atrium and sunken basin, known as an impluvium, surrounded by a mosaic floor with black and white botanical and geometric designs.
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Officials noted that it will be excavated through the narrowest part of the peninsula, connecting Moldefjord and Kjødepollen in the Vanylvsfjord region.
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“Shoveled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoveled. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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