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Recent Examples of shovel
Grace bent to shovel another square step in the endless ice up Karstens Ridge.
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Cassidy Randall, Rolling Stone, 2 Mar. 2025
Since 1965, Berkshire has shoveled $101 billion into the U.S. treasury, Buffett wrote.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 22 Feb. 2025
Just fill up a wheelbarrow with compost and shovel 3 to 4 shovelfuls of compost into small piles dotted across your lawn.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Mar. 2025
More:How to shovel snow without causing injury: Visual guide
How much does snow weigh?
—Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2025
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Cassidy Randall, Rolling Stone, 2 Mar. 2025
Since 1965, Berkshire has shoveled $101 billion into the U.S. treasury, Buffett wrote.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 22 Feb. 2025
Just fill up a wheelbarrow with compost and shovel 3 to 4 shovelfuls of compost into small piles dotted across your lawn.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Mar. 2025
More:How to shovel snow without causing injury: Visual guide
How much does snow weigh?
—Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for shovel
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“Shovel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shovel. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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