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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spading
scooping
Verb
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The writer finished the trail in 40 days and recounted stories of strangers handing him candy bars through car windows, bar owners delivering him breakfast, a father scooping him up amid a rainstorm and a physical therapist working wonders on his knee at half her hourly rate.—
Kelly Meyerhofer,
jsonline.com,
4 Nov. 2025 -
Children can still take part by scooping out the insides with a spoon or drawing a design on the pumpkin for an adult to carve.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Spading.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spading. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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