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Recent Examples of shoveled
Twelve thousand miles of sidewalk were shovelled.
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Naaman Zhou, New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2026
The bus stops, curbs and sidewalks where businesses and houses are have not been shoveled.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 31 Jan. 2026
A little more than three minutes into the first period, Alex Laferriere shoveled a puck toward Kempe in the slot.
—Kevin Kurz, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
Sidewalks have been shoveled, and plows have cleared the roads after the storm, but the snow piles were still blocking part of the crosswalk at all four corners of the busy intersection.
—Ryan Hughes, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
Skills coach John McLean, who doesn’t travel with the team, also went the airport and shoveled out the entire traveling party’s cars, no small task with the amount of snow dumped on the region.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 28 Jan. 2026
Doncic played a role in both clutch shots, first whipping a one-handed pass behind his back across the court to Gabe Vincent, who shoveled the ball with one hand to Hachimura.
—Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2026
Just before noon, Alex Maratta, a server at The Abbey on Admiral Street, shoveled the sidewalks outside the pub.
—Katie Landeck, The Providence Journal, 25 Jan. 2026
Hawaii tied it, completing a 21-point comeback run, when Alejado shoveled a pass to running back Cam Barfield for the two-point conversion.
—Jeff Faraudo, Mercury News, 25 Dec. 2025
Naaman Zhou, New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2026
The bus stops, curbs and sidewalks where businesses and houses are have not been shoveled.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 31 Jan. 2026
A little more than three minutes into the first period, Alex Laferriere shoveled a puck toward Kempe in the slot.
—Kevin Kurz, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
Sidewalks have been shoveled, and plows have cleared the roads after the storm, but the snow piles were still blocking part of the crosswalk at all four corners of the busy intersection.
—Ryan Hughes, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
Skills coach John McLean, who doesn’t travel with the team, also went the airport and shoveled out the entire traveling party’s cars, no small task with the amount of snow dumped on the region.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 28 Jan. 2026
Doncic played a role in both clutch shots, first whipping a one-handed pass behind his back across the court to Gabe Vincent, who shoveled the ball with one hand to Hachimura.
—Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2026
Just before noon, Alex Maratta, a server at The Abbey on Admiral Street, shoveled the sidewalks outside the pub.
—Katie Landeck, The Providence Journal, 25 Jan. 2026
Hawaii tied it, completing a 21-point comeback run, when Alejado shoveled a pass to running back Cam Barfield for the two-point conversion.
—Jeff Faraudo, Mercury News, 25 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoveled
Verb
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Those unable to find cloth or wood dug holes in the ground.—
Drew Gilpin Faust,
The Atlantic,
8 Feb. 2026
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Downstream, though, a large dip in the jet stream, or trough, has dug its claws in, bringing wave after wave of Arctic air southward, along with conditions that are ideal for forming powerful winter storms.—
Andrew Freedman,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The glass vessel, recently rediscovered in a storage room at the Bergama Museum, was originally excavated from a tomb in this legendary city known for its therapeutics.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
31 Jan. 2026
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Officials won't be able to diagnose the cause of the leak until the pipe is excavated.—
Everett Eaton,
jsonline.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Shoveled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoveled. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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