SPADED Synonyms: 15 Similar and Opposite Words

spaded

verb

past tense of spade

as in scooped

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In other key prizes, French director Robert Guediguian’s A Woman Today (Une Femme Aujourd’hui) won the Europa Cinemas Label, while Italian director Nicola Sorcinelli’s Balcanica scooped the People’s Choice Award.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 11 Sep. 2026
The souvenir cups that come with the drinks have to be ordered by January and the three million melon balls are then scooped in the Bronx before being delivered to Flushing Meadows in Queens.

— Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2026

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