as in carrying
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 carting
Four years later, his old friend Paul Rayburn (Bobby Cannavale) arrives to rescue him from himself, carting him down to Rio, where Rayburn is working for a security company on a construction site — there is a presidential election coming, and protests are feared.
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Robert Lloyd, Houston Chronicle, 1 May 2026
Four years later, his old friend Paul Rayburn (Bobby Cannavale) arrives to rescue him from himself, carting him down to Rio, where Rayburn is working for a security company on a construction site — there is a presidential election coming, and protests are feared.
—Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
Between carting narcotics across the border to Mexico, Rue and Faye (Chloe Cherry) form a close friendship, though Rue hangs on to ties to her past.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026
Mamdani has also spent much of his effort directing New Yorkers’ attention to the nuts and bolts of city government, like filling potholes and enforcing workplace regulations, carting a jumbo calendar to his press conferences across the city to highlight his work in his first stretch of governance.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 9 Apr. 2026
Still, tourists are on board to keep fighting along with local residents, Little said, carting a plastic box of postcards.
—Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
My analog gravel bike is great for bikepacking trips, training rides, or a quick pedal to the brewery, but it was never meant for carting cargo or my kid around the city.
—Erica Zazo, Outside, 27 Mar. 2026
But after the show, someone was carting this sandworm puppet off to be put in the Academy Museum.
—Robert Zepeda, ABC News, 21 Jan. 2026
Intent on payback, Bernadine strips all of his clothing from the closet and begins tossing them into his BMW, power-walking between the closet and the vehicle in just a robe and a negligee, carting each load of belongings in a child’s wagon.
—Niela Orr, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
Robert Lloyd, Houston Chronicle, 1 May 2026
Four years later, his old friend Paul Rayburn (Bobby Cannavale) arrives to rescue him from himself, carting him down to Rio, where Rayburn is working for a security company on a construction site — there is a presidential election coming, and protests are feared.
—Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
Between carting narcotics across the border to Mexico, Rue and Faye (Chloe Cherry) form a close friendship, though Rue hangs on to ties to her past.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026
Mamdani has also spent much of his effort directing New Yorkers’ attention to the nuts and bolts of city government, like filling potholes and enforcing workplace regulations, carting a jumbo calendar to his press conferences across the city to highlight his work in his first stretch of governance.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 9 Apr. 2026
Still, tourists are on board to keep fighting along with local residents, Little said, carting a plastic box of postcards.
—Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
My analog gravel bike is great for bikepacking trips, training rides, or a quick pedal to the brewery, but it was never meant for carting cargo or my kid around the city.
—Erica Zazo, Outside, 27 Mar. 2026
But after the show, someone was carting this sandworm puppet off to be put in the Academy Museum.
—Robert Zepeda, ABC News, 21 Jan. 2026
Intent on payback, Bernadine strips all of his clothing from the closet and begins tossing them into his BMW, power-walking between the closet and the vehicle in just a robe and a negligee, carting each load of belongings in a child’s wagon.
—Niela Orr, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carting
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The outbreak aboard the MV Hondius began after a Dutch cruise ship carrying 147 passengers and crew departed Argentina on April 1 for a South Atlantic voyage.—
Brittany Miller,
FOXNews.com,
16 May 2026
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For instance, that giant water bottle is not something any European is carrying around.—
Kristy Alpert,
Travel + Leisure,
16 May 2026
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The film eliminated even a gesture toward a plot while showing solitary nonprofessional and real-life ranch-hand Misael Saavedra chopping and hauling logs in the Argentinian hinterlands (in actuality, Alonso’s family’s ranch).—
Vadim Rizov,
IndieWire,
16 May 2026
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In terms of where to beach, wide stretches of sand in Beach Haven remain some of the Jersey Shore’s most desirable, drawing surfers at sunrise, families hauling coolers and striped umbrellas by midday, and sunset walkers lingering until the sky fades pink over the dunes.—
Jessica Chapel,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 May 2026
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Three mules ferrying bags of cement clambered past us on their own dirt track that ran shorter and even steeper up to the top.—
Erin Tan,
NBC news,
13 May 2026
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In normal times, 120 vessels move through the Strait of Hormuz every single day, with many ferrying 20% of the world’s oil supply.—
Vanessa Yurkevich,
CNN Money,
6 May 2026
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Cole Allen, who was shackled and wearing an orange prison jumpsuit, pleaded not guilty to attempting to assassinate the president of the United States, discharge of a firearm during a crime of violence, transporting a firearm across state lines and assaulting a federal officer with a deadly weapon.—
Peter D'Abrosca , Jake Gibson,
FOXNews.com,
11 May 2026
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Built in 1885, the route once played a key role in transporting coffee and grains from the Curitiba highlands to the coast.—
Taryn White,
Travel + Leisure,
11 May 2026
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“Carting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carting. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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