Shoveling

They were shoveling the snow away.

When he asked for a single slice, they gave him an entire uncut pizza, which he proceeded to eat by rolling it up like a burrito and just shoveling it in. The question, of course, is whether a whole entity is a slice of itself.

In popular English a hopelessly fruitless effort is called "Shoveling shit against the tide."

Tom kept shoveling.

Tom resumed shoveling the snow.

Tom is out shoveling snow.

Tom is shoveling snow.

I spent all day shoveling snow.

A 94-year-old man had a heart attack while shoveling snow outside his house.

Shoveling snow is hard work.