scoop out
Example Sentences
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A piece of Fern’s called out societal expectations that a woman “unobtrusively gather up her thimble and, retiring into some out-of-the-way place, gradually scoop out her coffin with it.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026
Denny Webster, who works at the site, helped the search by using an excavator to scoop out waste.
From BBC • Aug. 25, 2025
During naturalist programs at the beach, ranger-naturalists would often scoop out a glass full of creek water, calling it ‘Ruby Beach’ or ‘cedar tea.’
From Seattle Times • May 11, 2024
You’d stick your hands in and then scoop out dyes and weigh them like that because they are so carcinogenic.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2023
At the bottom of this tube, kids could scoop out blocks and pay for them by the pound like you would grapes or nuts.
From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore
