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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
In the 16th minute, Atletico Ottawa goalkeeper Nathan Ingham grabbed a shovel and began shovelling the field himself.
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Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
Carmel's ordinance for shoveling sidewalks Carmel's city ordinance says that property owners should clean its adjacent sidewalks by noon each day if snow or ice has gathered within the past 24 hours.
—Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 10 Nov. 2025
This will improve your ability to perform daily tasks like reaching the back seat of your car to grab an object, shoveling snow, or raking leaves.
—Jenny McCoy, Outside, 29 Oct. 2025
Roughly 24 hours later, Yurov made good on that promise, shoveling a loose puck over the goal line for the eventual game-winner as the Wild beat the Rangers 3-1 at Madison Square Garden.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 21 Oct. 2025
Sauk County in 2025 took on the responsiblity for and covered some operational tasks that UW-Platteville had previously covered, such as snow-shoveling and lawn-mowing.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Videos posted to Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu showed hikers shoveling snow off buried tents in blustery whiteout conditions.
—Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
Soldiers have also been spotted in parks carrying out tasks typically assigned to gardeners and landscapers – shoveling mulch, blowing leaves and scooping up trash.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
Hayes is now a long ways away from his teenage years shoveling driveways, and his early career as a postal-service worker.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2025
Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
Carmel's ordinance for shoveling sidewalks Carmel's city ordinance says that property owners should clean its adjacent sidewalks by noon each day if snow or ice has gathered within the past 24 hours.
—Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 10 Nov. 2025
This will improve your ability to perform daily tasks like reaching the back seat of your car to grab an object, shoveling snow, or raking leaves.
—Jenny McCoy, Outside, 29 Oct. 2025
Roughly 24 hours later, Yurov made good on that promise, shoveling a loose puck over the goal line for the eventual game-winner as the Wild beat the Rangers 3-1 at Madison Square Garden.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 21 Oct. 2025
Sauk County in 2025 took on the responsiblity for and covered some operational tasks that UW-Platteville had previously covered, such as snow-shoveling and lawn-mowing.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Videos posted to Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu showed hikers shoveling snow off buried tents in blustery whiteout conditions.
—Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
Soldiers have also been spotted in parks carrying out tasks typically assigned to gardeners and landscapers – shoveling mulch, blowing leaves and scooping up trash.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
Hayes is now a long ways away from his teenage years shoveling driveways, and his early career as a postal-service worker.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoveling
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Some were students working their way through school, digging the independence from their families that that kind of money gave them.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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The question now is whether members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will penalize a challenging film for not doing the sort of business that a fluffier film might have, or reward Johnson for digging deeper than ever before.—
Scott Feinberg,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Nov. 2025
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Archaeologists have been excavating the grounds of Hertford College, a constituent college of Oxford University, since 2024, as part of construction work for a new library.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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Instead of adding external chemicals or excavating polluted layers, the soil itself becomes a dynamic system capable of regenerating its quality over time.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Shoveling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoveling. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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