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as in hauling
to cause to follow by applying steady force on
lugged the lawn mower out into the backyard
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as in carrying
to support and take from one place to another
I don't understand why he's always lugging all of his books around when his locker is right over there
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Recent Examples of lugging
If yes, more power to you, and keep on lugging!
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Marjorie “slim” Woodruff, Denver Post, 11 Sep. 2025
Instead of lugging out an upright vacuum, use it to suck up small messes in tricky spots around the house and in the car.
—Isabel Garcia, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Getting out of bed to go to work or lugging yourself to the grocery store can feel tough.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2025
Responding firefighters fought the blaze through the night, lugging hose lines from the nearby Harlem River.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2025
However, the idea of lugging around a steel cooler filled with ice and perishables isn’t ideal, so companies have found a workaround.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
Travelers with small children can now use dedicated, family-friendly security lanes at Orlando International Airport, part of a new program that aims to minimize stress for flyers lugging strollers and diaper bags.
—Skyler Swisher, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2025
He was accompanied by three of his town’s councilmen, two of whom grimaced while lugging a square suitcase with a combination lock down the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, around the corner, and into Central Park.
—Ben McGrath, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Marjorie “slim” Woodruff, Denver Post, 11 Sep. 2025
Instead of lugging out an upright vacuum, use it to suck up small messes in tricky spots around the house and in the car.
—Isabel Garcia, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Getting out of bed to go to work or lugging yourself to the grocery store can feel tough.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2025
Responding firefighters fought the blaze through the night, lugging hose lines from the nearby Harlem River.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2025
However, the idea of lugging around a steel cooler filled with ice and perishables isn’t ideal, so companies have found a workaround.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
Travelers with small children can now use dedicated, family-friendly security lanes at Orlando International Airport, part of a new program that aims to minimize stress for flyers lugging strollers and diaper bags.
—Skyler Swisher, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2025
He was accompanied by three of his town’s councilmen, two of whom grimaced while lugging a square suitcase with a combination lock down the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, around the corner, and into Central Park.
—Ben McGrath, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lugging
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Crews are also engaged in mopping up, addressing hot spots, and back-hauling equipment on the eastern, southern, and western sides of the fire.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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And it’s mostly designed to compete with SpaceX’s Falcon rockets by hauling satellites and other cargo to Earth’s orbit at a fraction of the price of older technologies.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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Utah authorities released photos of the person of interest in the shooting on Thursday in which the individual can be seen on steps while carrying a black backpack and wearing a shirt with what appeared to be an American flag print on it.—
Jon Haworth,
ABC News,
12 Sep. 2025
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Where other presentations emphasize nondescript techno music and straight-size models, Antonoff and Alexsandra showcased their designs through a who's who of celebrities, sporting their new looks while carrying shelter dogs available for adoption.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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All major indexes dipped slightly Tuesday, with tech shares such as Nvidia and Microsoft pulling back.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
17 Sep. 2025
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Good Times Oakland is pulling from a deep well of retail bottles, and has a bar for the public to sip and sup.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
16 Sep. 2025
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CitizenShipper connects pet owners with drivers who specialize in transporting animals.—
Wyles Daniel,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Since early this year, driverless trucks have been transporting frack sands in the Permian Basin.—
Richard Bishop,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Moncur struggled for seven minutes, dragging Blaze — who was locked on her arm — to the front of the facility in search of help.—
Tony Saavedra,
Oc Register,
16 Sep. 2025
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The trends have contributed to a slump in consumer confidence, dragging on spending and threatening leaders’ official growth target for this year of around 5%.—
Nino Paoli,
Fortune,
15 Sep. 2025
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The mission is designed as a lunar flyby, ferrying NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch and Victor Glover, as well as Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, on a free-return trajectory around the moon and back to Earth.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Some protesters forced their way into the parliament complex by breaking through a barricade, a local official said, setting fire to an ambulance, hurling objects at riot police, and ferrying the injured to the hospital on motorcycles.—
Gopal Sharma,
USA Today,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Lugging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lugging. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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