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Recent Examples of shoveled
Marner shoveled him the puck and McNabb promptly beat Blue Jackets netminder Jet Greaves.
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Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026
Hawaii tied it, completing a 21-point comeback run, when Alejado shoveled a pass to running back Cam Barfield for the two-point conversion.
—Jeff Faraudo, Mercury News, 25 Dec. 2025
That's the conclusion of Merriam-Webster, which chose its Word of the Year after reviewing 2025’s crush of content and deciding that particular word described the sum total of what has been shoveled into our literary consciousness over the past 12 months.
—Robert Abitbol, USA Today, 20 Dec. 2025
But the quicksand flowed back as soon as the backpacker shoveled it away, Marshall said.
—CBS News, 11 Dec. 2025
The 16-ounce cans will be made of real snow from Highmark Stadium, shoveled up by Bills fans, to pay tribute to the stadium.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 10 Dec. 2025
The storm claimed 27 lives — mostly from heart attacks while residents shoveled heavy, wet snow — and left thousands stranded.
—Brandi D. Addison, Freep.com, 2 Dec. 2025
The less glamorous side — the poop shoveled, the low wages — is rarely shown.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2025
The presiding minister elected not to deliver a funeral sermon; dirt was shoveled on top of the mahogany box only three minutes after the service began.
—Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026
Hawaii tied it, completing a 21-point comeback run, when Alejado shoveled a pass to running back Cam Barfield for the two-point conversion.
—Jeff Faraudo, Mercury News, 25 Dec. 2025
That's the conclusion of Merriam-Webster, which chose its Word of the Year after reviewing 2025’s crush of content and deciding that particular word described the sum total of what has been shoveled into our literary consciousness over the past 12 months.
—Robert Abitbol, USA Today, 20 Dec. 2025
But the quicksand flowed back as soon as the backpacker shoveled it away, Marshall said.
—CBS News, 11 Dec. 2025
The 16-ounce cans will be made of real snow from Highmark Stadium, shoveled up by Bills fans, to pay tribute to the stadium.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 10 Dec. 2025
The storm claimed 27 lives — mostly from heart attacks while residents shoveled heavy, wet snow — and left thousands stranded.
—Brandi D. Addison, Freep.com, 2 Dec. 2025
The less glamorous side — the poop shoveled, the low wages — is rarely shown.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2025
The presiding minister elected not to deliver a funeral sermon; dirt was shoveled on top of the mahogany box only three minutes after the service began.
—Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoveled
Verb
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An arresting image, the technological Singularity as the industrial revolution in terrifying maturity; a teleology of this moment from when coal was first dug and iron first processed.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Jan. 2026
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But the producer dug deep into his vaults.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
15 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The wall was excavated more than 230 years ago, but some 300 inscriptions etched into it remained hidden until new technologies allowed researchers to identify them.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
20 Jan. 2026
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Researchers excavated seven mummies along with the bones of 54 other cheetahs from a site near the city of Arar.—
Adithi Ramakrishnan,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Jan. 2026
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“Shoveled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoveled. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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