shovel

Example Sentences

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Amid that landscape, a big shovel — perhaps the biggest shovel in the world — feels somewhat ordinary.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Several, he says, didn't have safety kits, such as a transceiver to reveal their location or a shovel.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

Armed with nothing but a crowbar and shovel in the hills of Somaliland, Ahmed Ibrahim hacks away at rocks where he and fellow miners have already found tonnes of lithium.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

I’m definitely a plastic shovel type of guy, unless we’re going through the ice.

From Slate • Feb. 24, 2026

He puts the notebook back in his pocket, drops the shovel in the pram, and pushes it—with ease now—toward the road.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin