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Recent Examples of shoveled
Once White had sprinted far enough to have an easy lane, Brown shoveled the ball to his teammate for a layup.
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Jay King, New York Times, 25 Apr. 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
The spat between the off-duty cop and the couple kicked off after Modeste and Courtney shoveled snow onto James’ property following the massive storm that dumped 20″ across the city, prosecutors said.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 24 Feb. 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
Jay King, New York Times, 25 Apr. 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
The spat between the off-duty cop and the couple kicked off after Modeste and Courtney shoveled snow onto James’ property following the massive storm that dumped 20″ across the city, prosecutors said.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 24 Feb. 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
Verb
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Over the past year, Shugar and his co-authors have dug more deeply into seismic records and other observations of the glacier to figure out what happened.—
Megan I. Gannon,
Scientific American,
6 May 2026
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To help natural forces rebuild the marsh more quickly, restoration crews dug channels into the farmland before breaching the levee.—
John Ryan,
NPR,
3 May 2026
Verb
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In January 2021, police found Muirhead's Red Bull can and excavated around it.—
Jessica Sager,
PEOPLE,
3 May 2026
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In 1870 businessman and archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann excavated Hisarlik in Turkey, which had been identified as the probable location of ancient Troy.—
Gitanjali Roy,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Shoveled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoveled. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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