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Recent Examples of shoveled
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.
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Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
Some hikers shoveled snow out of their tents amid the blizzard, while others waded in a line through the snowstorm in poor visibility, social media videos verified by NBC News showed.
—Larissa Gao, NBC news, 6 Oct. 2025
On third-and-2 at the CU 20, the Buffs QB hurried left with seemingly the entire Houston defense in pursuit, spotted Omarion Miller just past the line of scrimmage, and shoveled him the ball before the red jerseys closed in.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 13 Sep. 2025
Outside one house on Tuesday evening, seven people quickly moved large tree branches away from the structure and shoveled sand onto the fire in a desperate attempt to keep the blaze from spreading from the house next door, according to the AP.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
Some hikers shoveled snow out of their tents amid the blizzard, while others waded in a line through the snowstorm in poor visibility, social media videos verified by NBC News showed.
—Larissa Gao, NBC news, 6 Oct. 2025
On third-and-2 at the CU 20, the Buffs QB hurried left with seemingly the entire Houston defense in pursuit, spotted Omarion Miller just past the line of scrimmage, and shoveled him the ball before the red jerseys closed in.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 13 Sep. 2025
Outside one house on Tuesday evening, seven people quickly moved large tree branches away from the structure and shoveled sand onto the fire in a desperate attempt to keep the blaze from spreading from the house next door, according to the AP.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoveled
Verb
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While analyzing over 300 skeletal remains excavated in northwestern Rome, a team of paleontologists found that the bones belong to a gigantic ancestor of today’s elephant.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
8 Oct. 2025
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His aristocratic tastes are reflected in his various building projects, the remains of which have been excavated.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Things aren’t about to get easier, and the Sabres have already dug themselves a hole.—
Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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During the project, excavators removed about eight billion pounds of rock for DigIndy’s tunnels, which total about 28 miles in length and were dug 250 feet underground.—
Karl Schneider,
IndyStar,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Shoveled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoveled. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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