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  • verb Present participle of shovel.

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Examples

  • If the cost of shoveling is low compared to the benefit of getting out of the drift, it will be in your interest to shovel by yourself.

    In Praise of Free Riding? 2009

  • But if the cost of shoveling is low compared to the costs of doing nothing, then a mixed strategy will be optimal.

    In Praise of Free Riding? 2009

  • Also, I’m a runner and can’t abide indoor running, so shoveling is about the only good exercise I get on a day like today.

    Matthew Yglesias » Engame 2010

  • I don’t like the backache which sometimes follows, but I love the motion involved in shoveling snow.

    Tag, I’m It « So Many Books 2005

  • Gordon highlights the Indianapolis Star's attempts to go beyond the traditional role that Web sites play in mainstream media organisations, which is to say shoveling their journalism products out with little to no effort.

    Archive 2007-11-01 2007

  • Gordon highlights the Indianapolis Star's attempts to go beyond the traditional role that Web sites play in mainstream media organisations, which is to say shoveling their journalism products out with little to no effort.

    Journalists as database reporters 2007

  • That's why I gave up the idea of shoveling dirt for a career and pursued a business career.

    From On High 2004

  • That's why I gave up the idea of shoveling dirt for a career and pursued a business career.

    Archive 2004-12-01 2004

  • I hadn't planned on spending $700, but I don't like the idea of shoveling the street again, either.

    December 12th, 2004 vakkotaur 2004

  • Community leaders and advocates howled at the idea of shoveling taxpayer money to a company that in 2004 made over $3 billion in profits.

    Facing South 2009

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