spade
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When his successor Lyndon Johnson broke ground on the center in 1964, he did so with the same spade that had been used for the Lincoln Memorial in 1914 and the Jefferson Memorial in 1938.
From Salon ● Jan. 1, 2026
The Trump Administration can rely on intellectual spade work from Sen. Roger Wicker, and many of the ideas we’ve discussed here are in the next defense authorization bill.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 16, 2025
The investment firm thinks Tesla will manage through its Musk-related branding problems and its stock will rebound, but it calls a spade a spade.
From Slate ● Mar. 4, 2025
While there, Saavedra admitted in his plea agreement, he got a tattoo on his left ankle of the “unofficial logo” of the Lakewood station: a spade with the number 13 inside of it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 18, 2025
He moved the packed sand away with the spade, digging down the sides to reveal a small box about two handspans in size.
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
On the sidewalk, generations play spades in the shade and the joyful screams of children emanate from a custom bouncy house adorned with an Egyptian pharaoh bust.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2026
The five years, in actuality, starts from the point at which United get the green light to put spades in the ground.
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026
If there's one thing the 21st century has in spades, it's conspiracy theorists -- many of them angry, unhinged people hacking at their keyboards about grievances real and imagined.
From Barron's ● Mar. 1, 2026
That takes creativity, intelligence and gumption, and I’m sure your grandfather has those in spades.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 24, 2026
Wielding shovels and spades, David and the other men dug in the cellar for evidence of the peddler.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
They spaded dirt over the plot, said a prayer and drove away.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 18, 2021
As the years went by, she never plowed, spaded or even made a compost pile.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 7, 2017
In four years he has spaded up material that many a folklorist would give his magnetized recorder heads to own.
From Time Magazine Archive
The grave was quite new, and efficiently spaded; two shovels stood stiffly at its side.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ashley took up a spade and spaded the flower bed, while Melanie took Boots to be spayed. stationary/stationery.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
President John Quincy Adams broke ground on the 185-mile Chesapeake and Ohio Canal in 1828, spading the first shovel of dirt just across the District line.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 23, 2017
Part of the special delight of “Ghostland” is its many informed asides, revealing Dickey’s long hours of spading up obscure facts and quotes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2016
Other settlers heard of it and began spading up crocks of wheat, kitchen utensils and tins of gasoline.
From Time Magazine Archive
Forked up large clods in the back garden with a spading fork.
From Time Magazine Archive
Lee leaned on his spading fork and regarded him quietly.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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