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Haki Mohammed and his brothers were shovelling manure on their farm in Yusifiyah in the spring of 2003 when the soldier arrived.

From The Guardian • Jan. 7, 2011

Scattered over a system of miniature track, the men were shovelling earth into strings of small dump-cars, which when filled were run out over the completed western end of the viaduct, and dumped.

From The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity by Coombs, Francis Lovell

They were shovelling strenuously, and the thud of the sand they flung out jarred on the silence, for the night was very still.

From For Jacinta by Bindloss, Harold

At half-past four they were shovelling out the mountain of sand and making the hearth for it.

From Mushroom Town by Onions, Oliver

The men were shovelling away at fallen leaves, so I accosted them in my friendliest Dutch and said: “Stop de tram overal?”

From The Further Adventures of O'Neill in Holland by Brown, J. Irwin