S. Taylor Services used a tractor plough and snow shovels to help clear the paths to the building.

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Comprising November through January, the period is seasonally the weakest for home improvement and is typically marked by sales of snow shovels and the like.

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Within minutes of the collapse, people poured in the doors, seeking shelter from dust that became so deep that hotel workers used snow shovels to remove it from the front steps.

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Snow shovels are on sale at half price.

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As the heavy, wet snow fell in Chicago, residents were working their shovels and snow-blowers.

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Local hardware stores have put snow blowers, shovels and bags of salt on prominent display.

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In Manhattan, streets normally bustling after midnight, were quiet Saturday but for the hum of snow blowers, the scrape of shovels and the laughter from late night revelers who braved the snow.

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It will allow citizens to organise themselves around snow-clearing activities, adopt a stretch of pavement to clear, offer to share shovels and snowblowers, or even volunteer to clear snow for people who cannot do so themselves.

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Plows and shovels were used to clear the penalty areas, center circle and midfield stripe as snow got heavier, and a yellow-and-purple ball was used.

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