spade
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Kamara - who scored a stunning winner against Wolves last month - is viewed as almost unique, someone who can do the unglamourous spade work without the ball, at a subtle but high technical level.
From BBC • Jan. 2, 2026
The Trump Administration can rely on intellectual spade work from Sen. Roger Wicker, and many of the ideas we’ve discussed here are in the next defense authorization bill.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 16, 2025
“I mean, call a spade a spade: Bron is on his last couple of years — however many years he decides to play,” Austin Reaves said.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2025
The investment firm thinks Tesla will manage through its Musk-related branding problems and its stock will rebound, but it calls a spade a spade.
From Slate • Mar. 4, 2025
We also brought over a cast-iron frying pan, ten packets of baker’s yeast, pinking shears, the head of a hatchet, a fold-up army latrine spade, and all told a good deal more.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
Vocabulary lists containing spade
My Brother Sam is Dead
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"Digging" by Seamus Heaney
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