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Recent Examples of spade
The bottom third is spaded — cover crop chopped and incorporated into the soil.
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Michelle Williams,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
Use a spading fork to dig tubers on a sunny day when the soil is dry.
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Mariah Thomas,
Good Housekeeping,
29 Mar. 2023
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Michelle Williams,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
Use a spading fork to dig tubers on a sunny day when the soil is dry.
—
Mariah Thomas,
Good Housekeeping,
29 Mar. 2023
See All Example Sentences for spade
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spade
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Philadelphia just scooped him with the 22nd pick.
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How Greens Gummies Became the Powder Alternative Greens powders built the category, but daily scooping, mixing and choking down grassy drinks turned off plenty of would-be users.
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Spielberg didn’t film those terrifying closeups of the shark – like when Jaws pops up as Brody is shoveling the bloody chump slick in the water — until Day 92.
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Dancers in tennis skirts twirled around with rackets while breaking to move plants and shovel dirt.
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“Spade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spade. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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