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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
Multiple politicians from several countries are shoveling propaganda at an electorate in order to build terror of an enemy that doesn’t exist at all.
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Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026
Bobby Chang and Reese Hornstein spent Thursday afternoon shoveling out their car in Southie.
—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
Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026
Bobby Chang and Reese Hornstein spent Thursday afternoon shoveling out their car in Southie.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoveling
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The work required felling primeval trees measuring six feet in diameter and digging a deep trench through the marsh to accommodate boat traffic.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Apr. 2026
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Their claws are longer than those of black bears, and used for digging and scraping.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
7 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Greenberg was excavating there around the same time CBS' Bob Simon visited in 1980.—
Seth Doane,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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Teamwork thrives when promises are specific, and as tough Saturn sextiles excavating Pluto, your friendship zone and your travel sector combine.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
28 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Shoveling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoveling. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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