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- verb Present participle of
shovel .
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Examples
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If the cost of shoveling is low compared to the benefit of getting out of the drift, it will be in your interest to shovel by yourself.
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But if the cost of shoveling is low compared to the costs of doing nothing, then a mixed strategy will be optimal.
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Also, I’m a runner and can’t abide indoor running, so shoveling is about the only good exercise I get on a day like today.
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I don’t like the backache which sometimes follows, but I love the motion involved in shoveling snow.
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Gordon highlights the Indianapolis Star's attempts to go beyond the traditional role that Web sites play in mainstream media organisations, which is to say shoveling their journalism products out with little to no effort.
Archive 2007-11-01 2007
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Gordon highlights the Indianapolis Star's attempts to go beyond the traditional role that Web sites play in mainstream media organisations, which is to say shoveling their journalism products out with little to no effort.
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That's why I gave up the idea of shoveling dirt for a career and pursued a business career.
From On High 2004
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That's why I gave up the idea of shoveling dirt for a career and pursued a business career.
Archive 2004-12-01 2004
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I hadn't planned on spending $700, but I don't like the idea of shoveling the street again, either.
December 12th, 2004 vakkotaur 2004
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Community leaders and advocates howled at the idea of shoveling taxpayer money to a company that in 2004 made over $3 billion in profits.
Facing South 2009
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