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or shovelling
as in digging
to hollow out or form (something) by removing earth
the troops quickly shoveled a trench
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Recent Examples of shoveling
Bobby Chang and Reese Hornstein spent Thursday afternoon shoveling out their car in Southie.
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Logan Hall, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
Josh Estrella, a spokesman for Mayor Brett Smiley, said that plans to pay nonprofits to organize volunteer shoveling efforts are also in the works.
—Antonia Noori Farzan, The Providence Journal, 26 Feb. 2026
An off-duty NYPD cop was pummeled to the ground by a Brooklyn couple during an argument over them shoveling snow onto her property, officials said Tuesday.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 24 Feb. 2026
Keep generators 20 feet from homes if power goes out, and take breaks while shoveling snow.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
While others are shoveling snow, scraping ice off their cars and getting all bundled up, Phoenicians are enjoying porch weather.
—Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 24 Feb. 2026
Boring started shoveling in 2019.
—Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2026
Whether shoveling your driveway, building a snow man with the kids, or just generally mucking around in the cold, sleet and snow, Muck Boots will keep you comfortable and protected.
—Tory Johnson, ABC News, 16 Feb. 2026
Then, a scramble ensues to figure out a fallback plan with the homeowner — perhaps shoveling a path — so a return visit can be made before the oil tank runs dry.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 15 Feb. 2026
Logan Hall, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
Josh Estrella, a spokesman for Mayor Brett Smiley, said that plans to pay nonprofits to organize volunteer shoveling efforts are also in the works.
—Antonia Noori Farzan, The Providence Journal, 26 Feb. 2026
An off-duty NYPD cop was pummeled to the ground by a Brooklyn couple during an argument over them shoveling snow onto her property, officials said Tuesday.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 24 Feb. 2026
Keep generators 20 feet from homes if power goes out, and take breaks while shoveling snow.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
While others are shoveling snow, scraping ice off their cars and getting all bundled up, Phoenicians are enjoying porch weather.
—Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 24 Feb. 2026
Boring started shoveling in 2019.
—Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2026
Whether shoveling your driveway, building a snow man with the kids, or just generally mucking around in the cold, sleet and snow, Muck Boots will keep you comfortable and protected.
—Tory Johnson, ABC News, 16 Feb. 2026
Then, a scramble ensues to figure out a fallback plan with the homeowner — perhaps shoveling a path — so a return visit can be made before the oil tank runs dry.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 15 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoveling
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However, this is not just about digging holes.—
Siddharth Misra,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2026
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If not, keep digging and cutting.—
Daniel Scott,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Mar. 2026
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The city is leaning on the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to require Ford to cover the cost of fully excavating and restoring the site itself.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
8 Mar. 2026
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Lam makes machines that Micron uses to make its wafers, adding and excavating material an atom at a time to carve the intricate architecture of a microchip.—
Mark Dee
March 3,
Idaho Statesman,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Shoveling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoveling. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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