as in carried
to support and take from one place to another
carted a knapsack filled with books from class to class
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Recent Examples of carted
The following year with the Minnesota Vikings, he was carted off in the team’s first preseason game after tearing the ACL in his left knee on a punt return.
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Joseph Wilkinson, Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2026
Crews began demolishing what was left of the building and carted away the debris.
—Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 23 Feb. 2026
The following year with the Minnesota Vikings, he was carted off in the team’s first preseason game after tearing the ACL in his left knee on a punt return.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 22 Feb. 2026
In Velasco, a town in the eastern Cuban province of Holguín, a man was buried in a cardboard box, his body carted on a wheelbarrow to the cemetery because of a lack of both of wooden coffins and fuel.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 17 Feb. 2026
He was carted off the field in late November with a knee injury.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 8 Feb. 2026
This is the third time General Motors has carted a Chevrolet up the 400-foot-tall rock, having both in 1964 and 1973 airlifted a Chevrolet Impala atop the rock for TV and print ads.
—Jackie Charniga, USA Today, 6 Feb. 2026
Collins went to the ground headfirst and, after being helped to the sideline and evaluated in the medical tent, was eventually carted to the locker room.
—Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026
Collins walked to the sideline and was carted to the locker room for further evaluation, and he was ruled out halfway through the fourth quarter.
—Michael Guise, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2026
Joseph Wilkinson, Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2026
Crews began demolishing what was left of the building and carted away the debris.
—Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 23 Feb. 2026
The following year with the Minnesota Vikings, he was carted off in the team’s first preseason game after tearing the ACL in his left knee on a punt return.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 22 Feb. 2026
In Velasco, a town in the eastern Cuban province of Holguín, a man was buried in a cardboard box, his body carted on a wheelbarrow to the cemetery because of a lack of both of wooden coffins and fuel.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 17 Feb. 2026
He was carted off the field in late November with a knee injury.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 8 Feb. 2026
This is the third time General Motors has carted a Chevrolet up the 400-foot-tall rock, having both in 1964 and 1973 airlifted a Chevrolet Impala atop the rock for TV and print ads.
—Jackie Charniga, USA Today, 6 Feb. 2026
Collins went to the ground headfirst and, after being helped to the sideline and evaluated in the medical tent, was eventually carted to the locker room.
—Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026
Collins walked to the sideline and was carted to the locker room for further evaluation, and he was ruled out halfway through the fourth quarter.
—Michael Guise, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carted
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Some of the more seasoned staff, including and especially the indefatigable charge nurse Dana Evans (Katherine LaNasa), remember the days before everyone carried an iPad well enough to keep things moving.—
Culture Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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As the driver took off, the frantic mother carried her son back inside the hospital, where teams of doctors performed chest compressions and other rescue efforts, but failed to save him.—
Dave Carlin,
CBS News,
6 Mar. 2026
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The resulting wood chips and soil are either piled in place to rot and decay or hauled offsite.—
Daniel Scott,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Mar. 2026
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That infrastructure had to be carefully cut and hauled away while a living manatee sat directly below.—
Ryan Brennan,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Mar. 2026
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One recent morning, three ICE vehicles sat in a Baptist church parking lot across the street from an elementary school in Northfield as volunteers ferried 35 children of immigrants back and forth to the school so their parents could avoid going out, Carroll said.—
Kate Wells,
NPR,
5 Mar. 2026
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They were met by protesters who organized marches, patrolled neighborhoods for ICE activity with whistles and ferried food to immigrants too afraid to leave their homes.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
3 Mar. 2026
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He was swiftly transported hundreds of miles away to Louisiana, where he was detained at the Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
3 Mar. 2026
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The resistance continued when Leon was transported to the Northwest Health-Portage facility, 3620 Willowcreek Road.—
Jim Woods,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
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Rodriguez was at a detention center in Alabama as of Friday before she was set to be sent to Louisiana, according to her lawyer, Joel Coxander.—
Elise Hammond,
CNN Money,
7 Mar. 2026
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While Denton took a two-point lead late, Webb’s shot from behind the arc sent the Birdville crowd into a frenzy and his team back into the state semifinals.—
Myah Taylor,
Dallas Morning News,
6 Mar. 2026
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Just weeks after major storms brought snow to the Sierra Nevada, a winter heat wave has all but eliminated California’s snowpack gains.—
Terry Castleman,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Based on court records, witness testimony and interviews with law enforcement, it’s believed that Sarah Wondra, along with one of the roommates, grabbed Michael and brought him back to the Wondras’ house.—
Alex Brizee
March 5,
Idaho Statesman,
6 Mar. 2026
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