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Another pushed a wheelbarrow, calling out, “Does anyone need a shovel, saw or hammer?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

First, he assumes that they’re as gullible as he is—that, since he believes the compliments they shovel his way, they’ll believe his shovelings too.

From Slate ● Sep. 10, 2026

In a day of action at Syston Brook, volunteers mucked in to shovel "absolutely solid" silt out of the concrete-bottomed channel, which was then removed by the Environment Agency.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

Wood thinks it’s also worth noting that the pick and shovel stocks are getting their earnings from the capex boom upfront.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026

He strode out ahead of us, armed with nothing but his shovel.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

Inside the shop, the walls are lined with neatly organized shovels, pickaxes, and ladders.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

Companies making the picks and shovels of the AI rush benefited most from Nvidia’s earnings, with chip maker Micron Technology jumping 4.6% premarket while Nvidia leapt 7.5%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Retirees looking to permanently ditch their snow shovels will find Tucson to be one of the West’s better values.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

Analysts at Nomura describe it as a classic "picks and shovels" trade, a riff on how selling tools during a gold rush can earn people more than searching for the precious metal.

From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026

Nearby, garden tools hung on the wall and lay on a long shelf, clippers in four different sizes, shovels, hoes, stiff metal rakes and long-fingered leaf rakes.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt

We both cooked, kept house, made beds, shoveled snow, mowed the lawn, handled the finances, and bought, built or leased the 11 different homes we lived in before retiring.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026

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 ● Jan. 29, 2026

The share count will increase when newly created stock is shoveled to executives as part of their compensation or if shares are issued to help pay for acquisitions.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 28, 2025

Under the morning sun amid cold winds, men wearing neon green vests and white helmets shoveled small portions of mud the bulldozer could not reach.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2025

Given the calumny New York previously had shoveled on Chicago, the postponement was an act of surprising grace.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

Sheridan was forced into action again as she shovelled Sinead Farrelly's effort wide, but Canada should have been level, only for stretching defender Vanessa Gilles to somehow poke. over from five yards from a corner.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2023

On 21 March 2016, amid soft lighting and loud laughter, Bellin sat in a Brussels restaurant and shovelled down three plates of carbonara.

From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2023

"I'm planning to share it with my family and friends," the investment expert said, as cinema workers shovelled the popcorn into buckets and boxes.

From Reuters ● Nov. 28, 2022

Elsewhere in the central Madagascar region of Haute Matsiatra villagers shovelled mud from a road on Sunday to clear damage from a landslide caused by Batsirai.

From Reuters ● Feb. 6, 2022

The BFG grabbed the garden spade and scooped up all the eggs, sausages, bacon and potatoes in one go and shovelled them into his enormous mouth.

From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl

Will you have to worry about shoveling snow in the winter or bagging up an acre’s worth of leaves in the fall?

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026

Big Tech is shoveling billions of dollars into the AI buildout, leaving investors spooked and analysts behind.

From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026

PIV lured megastar golfers Phil Mickelson, Jon Rahm, Bryson DeChambeau, Dustin Johnson and others away from the PGA Tour by shoveling hundreds of millions of dollars into their bank accounts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026

His days on the railroad involved long hours shoveling coal into the furnaces that fed locomotive steam engines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026

He kept trying to freestyle about how dope the party was going to be, but kept interrupting himself by shoveling food into his mouth.

From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds

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 ● Jan. 30, 2026

Miller blasted a long shot toward the Oilers’ net and Lindholm picked it up, kicking the puck to his stick at the bottom of the slot, then shovelling a backhanded shot into the Edmonton net.

From Seattle Times ● May 12, 2024

Reuters photos showed earth movers and rescue workers shovelling silt and mud to dig out military vehicles buried by the riverside.

From Reuters ● Oct. 5, 2023

"Business is not so good," says Burhan Morkoc, a baker who spends 17 hours a day shovelling bagel-like pastries called simits in and out of a wood-burning oven.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2023

We spent most of our time shovelling excrement and rinsing cages and giving feed while Father played the vet.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel