shovel

Example Sentences

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“Well, this morning he walked over to one of the huts that’s being built. He picked up a shovel and took it. Just took it and walked away.”

From Literature

Every so often he bent over and paused, looking like a man who’d just shoveled out his car.

From The Wall Street Journal

Images released by state media showed Kim shovelling soil alongside other officials at a ceremony attended by an excited crowd clapping and waving North Korean flags.

From Barron's

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani was spotted traversing the city to shovel snow, earning praise but also criticism for not wearing a hat.

From Barron's

The snow has been shoveled to the side, but it remains hazardous for both pedestrians and drivers, and needs an extra boost to go away in a timely fashion.

From Barron's