SCOOPING

To lift, move, or collect with a scoop or as though with a scoop.

"He used both hands to scoop water and splash it on his face."

To make hollow; to dig out.

"I tried scooping a hole in the sand with my fingers."

To report on something, especially something worthy of a news article, before (someone else).

"The paper across town scooped them on the City Hall scandal."

The process or result of something being scooped.