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  • verb Present participle of shovel.

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Examples

  • These men and others who do the shovelling are the "muckers."

    The Poisoned Pen 1908

  • I spend a lot of time shovelling, which is a form of torture for weaklings like me.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Elizabeth King 2012

  • That's why the idea of shovelling content into other forms of technology appeals - that brief but heady period when a weblog was not just a source of information but also a lovingly tended little patch of the web design has passed, it seems.

    things magazine 2010

  • If you add to this physical exercise, especially exercise that you are not accustomed to -- such as shovelling snow, pushing an automobile, or even walking fast or far -- you are risking a heart attack,

    In Time of Emergency A Citizen's Handbook on Nuclear Attack, Natural Disasters (1968) United States. Office of Civil Defense

  • Even at the hardest kind of shovelling they outlived every other kind a dozen weeks, and the fireman was a lucky malefactor who could induce a soldier to part with his.

    To The Front A Sequel to Cadet Days Charles King 1888

  • Although, they could have a logo depicting a gopher shovelling cowpies for all I care ... as long as the team wins.

    Retro Rider logo = Fugly Tyler 2009

  • Hours later, when it was time to shovel our driveway and back patio, I was looking at a good two hours of shovelling just so we could access our driveway, garage and front door with our minivan.

    Snowblower or no snowblower? Tyler 2010

  • We live in a city, how much snow are you shovelling anyway?

    Snowblower or no snowblower? Tyler 2010

  • If $500M is shovelling, Ares/Orion is flattening mountaintops.

    NASA Stimulus Fund Update - NASA Watch 2009

  • My 1 year old son is shovelling them into his mouth so fast, I can barely get a moment to enjoy mine.

    100% Whole Wheat Pancakes Laura 2009

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