shovelling
Example Sentences
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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
Her father took jobs from shovelling coal to driving a taxi, while her mother worked in a sweet shop.
From BBC • Jun. 16, 2023
On a sun-scorched shoreline in Iraq's southern marshlands, fishermen stood shovelling a grim catch: tiny fish gathered dead from the water, fit only for use as animal fodder.
From Reuters • Jun. 5, 2023
The boy grasped the barking animal, and Joseph pulled them both down behind the car just as the man shovelling snow turned around.
From "The Marvels" by Brian Selznick
