It was said that such train crews kept a spare shovel on board because, on numerous occasions, the beginner had not only zealously thrown coal into the firebox but had let the shovel go as well.

The workers were shovelling gravel and tarmac into the pothole in the road.

After the blizzard, we shoveled the driveway for the next two days.

I don't mind shoveling, but using a pickaxe hurts my back terribly.

Off again, a fierce light now trailing out behind us from the open furnace door, lighting up the fireman as he shovelled more coal on to the furnace, ….

Already late for work, I shovelled breakfast into my mouth as fast as possible.

The keeper then seemed to claw it out with fabulous reflexes only for TV replays to show the ball had most probably crossed the line before Forster had shovelled it away.

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