scoop
noun
a ladle or ladlelike utensil, especially a small, deep-sided shovel with a short, horizontal handle, for taking up flour, sugar, etc.
was scooping
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past progressiveof scoop.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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An unknown company was scooping up Kentucky farmland, and few plots were more valuable than those owned by Delsia Bare and her mother, Ida Huddleston.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
A helicopter crew from the Washington Department of Natural Resources was scooping water from nearby Waughop Lake to help put out the fire that broke out Wednesday afternoon, the Lakewood Police Department said.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 16, 2023
And so Motown, which was scooping up talent all around the neighborhood, with everybody from Diana Ross to Smokey Robinson, missed out on Aretha Franklin.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 16, 2018
PANGANDARAN, Indonesia — Susi Pudjiastuti was scooping up lunch with one hand, using her thumb and two fingers to extricate bones from a chunk of fish.
From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 2018
Just as I was scooping out the moat, Luke rushed past, kicking clouds of sand in his wake.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
