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or shovelling
as in excavating
to hollow out or form (something) by removing earth
the troops quickly shoveled a trench
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Here's what to know, including how old is too old to be shoveling snow and common symptoms of a cardiac event.
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Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
Research shows using a snowblower raises the heat rate to about 120 beats a minute compared with a heart rate of about 170 beats a minute when shoveling, according to the American Heart Association.
—Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
After the man was taken to the hospital, the Overland Park firefighters stuck around and helped finish the job, shoveling the rest of the driveway.
—Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 7 Jan. 2025
Rhodes warns others planning on shoveling in the frigid temperatures that doing so can exacerbate underlying conditions and to not hesitate to ask for help.
—Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 7 Jan. 2025
Residents will have a lot of shoveling in the immediate future.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 6 Jan. 2025
That storm was a killer, claiming the lives of eight people who died of heart attacks while shoveling and nine others who perished of carbon monoxide poisoning while sitting in snowbound cars.
—Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 6 Jan. 2025
Each tester wore their boots for at least one hour around their home for an initial break-in period, on at least two technical hikes, and while running errands, shoveling snow, and walking dogs.
—Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 3 Jan. 2025
Each team’s season had a masochistic feel, like shoveling your driveway during a blizzard.
—Jon Greenberg, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
Research shows using a snowblower raises the heat rate to about 120 beats a minute compared with a heart rate of about 170 beats a minute when shoveling, according to the American Heart Association.
—Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
After the man was taken to the hospital, the Overland Park firefighters stuck around and helped finish the job, shoveling the rest of the driveway.
—Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 7 Jan. 2025
Rhodes warns others planning on shoveling in the frigid temperatures that doing so can exacerbate underlying conditions and to not hesitate to ask for help.
—Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 7 Jan. 2025
Residents will have a lot of shoveling in the immediate future.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 6 Jan. 2025
That storm was a killer, claiming the lives of eight people who died of heart attacks while shoveling and nine others who perished of carbon monoxide poisoning while sitting in snowbound cars.
—Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 6 Jan. 2025
Each tester wore their boots for at least one hour around their home for an initial break-in period, on at least two technical hikes, and while running errands, shoveling snow, and walking dogs.
—Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 3 Jan. 2025
Each team’s season had a masochistic feel, like shoveling your driveway during a blizzard.
—Jon Greenberg, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
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“Shoveling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoveling. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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