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Getty Images Jimmy Carter looks up while shoveling peanuts on his peanut farm in the 1970s.
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Jordan Freiman, CBS News, 30 Dec. 2024
Next stop, Overland Park to shovel someone’s driveway.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2025
That storm was a killer, claiming the lives of eight people who died of heart attacks while shoveling and nine others who perished of carbon monoxide poisoning while sitting in snowbound cars.
—Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 6 Jan. 2025
Each team’s season had a masochistic feel, like shoveling your driveway during a blizzard.
—Jon Greenberg, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
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Jordan Freiman, CBS News, 30 Dec. 2024
Next stop, Overland Park to shovel someone’s driveway.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2025
That storm was a killer, claiming the lives of eight people who died of heart attacks while shoveling and nine others who perished of carbon monoxide poisoning while sitting in snowbound cars.
—Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 6 Jan. 2025
Each team’s season had a masochistic feel, like shoveling your driveway during a blizzard.
—Jon Greenberg, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
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“Shovel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shovel. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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