Example Sentences
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The charity said 27 of its staff and volunteers were out helping fight the blaze earlier in the week, using equipment including all-terrain vehicles with water bowsers, backpack hoses and shovels.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Neighbors, relatives and volunteers rushed to help with picks and shovels, but their efforts were often not enough.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
“We waited until dark and had our headlamps and shovels and gloves and phones and headed out to the hole and jumped in and started digging,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
Asia’s titans supply indispensable hardware, the figurative picks and shovels of the AI gold rush.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Mark and Chicho pile up snow with their shovels, creating the torso.
From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar
