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Recent Examples of shoveled
On third-and-2 at the CU 20, the Buffs QB hurried left with seemingly the entire Houston defense in pursuit, spotted Omarion Miller just past the line of scrimmage, and shoveled him the ball before the red jerseys closed in.
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Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 13 Sep. 2025
Outside one house on Tuesday evening, seven people quickly moved large tree branches away from the structure and shoveled sand onto the fire in a desperate attempt to keep the blaze from spreading from the house next door, according to the AP.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 13 Sep. 2025
Outside one house on Tuesday evening, seven people quickly moved large tree branches away from the structure and shoveled sand onto the fire in a desperate attempt to keep the blaze from spreading from the house next door, according to the AP.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoveled
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One of the richest fossil sites is the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, where hundreds of bones have been excavated, giving scientists an extraordinary window into the life and death of these Ice Age giants.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Archaeologists excavated the underground burial and found a secondary connecting structure.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
9 Sep. 2025
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Digital forensics experts dug through it, looking for his search activity, contacts and other data to help police build their case against him.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Yet, for a team whose defense hardly made any plays for months at a time last season and dug an insurmountable hole by never getting the lucky bounce or break in a zillion one-score losses, there were no apologies.—
Paul Dehner Jr,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Shoveled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoveled. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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