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The Flyers got a bit of a gift goal midway through the first period when Koskinen coughed the puck up behind the net, leading Thompson to shovel it in from the goal line.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 27, 2021

With heavy traffic in front of the San Jose net, the Vancouver center banged away at the puck and found a way to shovel it in behind a diving Jones.

From Washington Times • Apr. 3, 2019

With heavy traffic in front of the San Jose net, the Vancouver center banged away at the puck and found a way to shovel it in behind a diving Jones.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 2, 2019

And since I never know when the next meal might come, when it does, I shovel it in and move on.

From Washington Post • Jan. 25, 2016

He dashed away a couple of tears; and stepping over a heap of loose earth as they began to shovel it in, he grasped Butterwick by the hand.

From Elbow-Room A Novel Without a Plot by Clark, Charles Heber




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