shoveling
- present participle of shovel.
Example Sentences
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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
When I was 8 years old, I was shoveling sidewalks.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 30, 2026
That’s a bummer, but at least there’s no shoveling involved.
From Slate ● Feb. 25, 2026
I spend the next hour shoveling gravel into deep ruts in the road.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
