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Word: shovelful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...right (one ineligible), two to the left, and the quarterback in the shotgun with a tailback. On the Harvard side, confusion reigned as the defensive unit struggled to figure out what the Big Green was up to. The ball was snapped, and Dartmouth QB Brian Mann tossed a shovel pass in the direction of tailback Michael Gratch...

Author: By Rahul Rohatgi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Football Notebook: Dante's an Inferno for Dartmouth Offense | 10/30/2000 | See Source »

...What makes me qualified is my competitive nature," Walhberg said. "When you play against the best in Florida, against guys going to Florida State and UF, you have a competitive edge on everybody. It's a great advantage against some of those guys who have to shovel off the snow just to play...

Author: By Timothy Jackson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Who Wants to be a Quarterback? | 9/15/2000 | See Source »

...computer sought the "fittest" offspring--ones that could crawl the farthest in a given time. One creation shuffled along like a crab. Another left markings in the sand with its snakelike contractions. The best design turned out to be a pyramidal-shaped creature that pushed itself along with a shovel-like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Robot Out of Cyberspace | 9/11/2000 | See Source »

...Even if we got the green light to develop from residents tomorrow, it would take two years before we got a shovel in the ground," McCready said...

Author: By Imtiyaz H. Delawala, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Locals Support Halt of Riverside Development | 8/4/2000 | See Source »

...grows in Okinawa, too: Amid the meetings, formal banquets and cultural shows (in this case, a demonstration of karate, which originated on Okinawa), every major summit has some moments of inexplicable silliness. This summit's contribution to the genre: the leaders "planting a tree" by each throwing a shovel of dirt on a pine tree that was already planted, and dutifully examining with feigned interest a new high-tech voting machine that Japan's Prime Minister Mori was quite proud...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mmmm! Tasty Tidbits From the Air Force One Galley | 7/24/2000 | See Source »

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