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First, he assumes that they’re as gullible as he is—that, since he believes the compliments they shovel his way, they’ll believe his shovelings too.

From Slate ● Sep. 10, 2026

Volunteers took advantage of low water levels to shovel silt and prepare for the return of rain after previous flooding.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

The lower a pension fund’s ratio, the harder it is to dig out of the hole even as taxpayers shovel out more and more money to keep the shortfall from growing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

Wood thinks it’s also worth noting that the pick and shovel stocks are getting their earnings from the capex boom upfront.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026

Gilgamesh flipped the shovel from one hand to another.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

Companies have even committed to building their own power plants, bolstering demand in the "picks and shovels" sectors like construction and logistics.

From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026

What they share is a shortage of shovels.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

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

Guitars take the place of shovels, as Henry now repays Carlos’ kindness by helping to save the land that Carlos assumes is ravaged.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

And when they saw the great golden peach floating past them not fifty yards away in the sky, they gave a yelp of surprise and dropped their shovels to the ground.

From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl

Every so often he bent over and paused, looking like a man who’d just shoveled out his car.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

The snow has been shoveled to the side, but it remains hazardous for both pedestrians and drivers, and needs an extra boost to go away in a timely fashion.

From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026

The share count will increase when newly created stock is shoveled to executives as part of their compensation or if shares are issued to help pay for acquisitions.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 28, 2025

This time on Jan. 6, Capitol workers shoveled a thin blanket of snow outside a quiet building.

From Slate ● Jan. 6, 2025

Styx tipped a shoulder and shoveled in more lettuce.

From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon

He said residents had shovelled the stones and gravel to make barriers along with the sandbags to protect their homes.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2025

The United Arab Emirates' commercial centre, Dubai has shovelled resources into social and business reforms and sectors like digital technology.

From Reuters ● Jun. 19, 2023

"I'm planning to share it with my family and friends," the investment expert said, as cinema workers shovelled the popcorn into buckets and boxes.

From Reuters ● Nov. 28, 2022

Their nest was in sand on a building site in Cambridgeshire, and the sand had been shovelled into the mixer.

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2022

The BFG grabbed the garden spade and scooped up all the eggs, sausages, bacon and potatoes in one go and shovelled them into his enormous mouth.

From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl

Big Tech is shoveling billions of dollars into the AI buildout, leaving investors spooked and analysts behind.

From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 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

‘I was shoveling sidewalks at 8 years old’: I’m a 73-year-old boomer dad with two kids.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 1, 2026

This exciting nutrition system may include fun things like nearly blinding your boss with direct sunlight at an open-air business lunch, or shoveling food in your face from 5:10 to 5:11 p.m.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2026

Ivan suffered Anya’s scrubbing of his face, then went back to shoveling things into his pack until it was bursting and lopsided.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

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

On a sun-scorched shoreline in Iraq's southern marshlands, fishermen stood shovelling a grim catch: tiny fish gathered dead from the water, fit only for use as animal fodder.

From Reuters ● Jun. 5, 2023

How do they not smell what they're shovelling?

From Salon ● Jan. 26, 2023

We spent most of our time shovelling excrement and rinsing cages and giving feed while Father played the vet.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel