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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

Reuters photos showed earth movers and rescue workers shovelling silt and mud to dig out military vehicles buried by the riverside.

From Reuters • Oct. 5, 2023

How do they not smell what they're shovelling?

From Salon • Jan. 26, 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