LUGGED Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

lugged

verb

past tense of lug

as in hauled

to cause to follow by applying steady force on lugged the lawn mower out into the backyard

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as in carried

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 lugged Fourteen candidates filed on the last day for 2027 hopefuls to turn in their nominating petitions, as mayoral candidates lugged in their stacks of signatures with some personal flair. — Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026 One couple even lugged their baby, who was in a carrier, next to our table by the window for a family selfie. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2026 Armed with just two open-reel videotapes, Goodman lugged his hulking camera and tripod behind percussionist Juma Sultan and began to document Hendrix’s historic set just 15 feet away from the musician. — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2026 Instead, an equipment staffer lugged a bag of balls into a side training room and was allotted an hour to massage the footballs to the preferred specifications. — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 24 July 2026 After Cass and Bill had lugged the beautiful yellow bear back to the jeep, Cass was to rejoin me with the horses to follow out our original plan. — Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 15 July 2026 Adeline lays out a breadcrumb trail that eventually reveals that Sonny has lugged some especially heavy personal baggage to Sanctuary. — Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026 But his voodoo streak of good luck finally ran out when ICE lugged him. — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 7 June 2026 The Young family — which included the two parents and their two daughters — lugged their trailer all the way from Pennsylvania to be here. — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 22 May 2026

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Amid dealing with a custody battle that cut time with her two small boys down to alternating weeks, says Butler, her friends hauled her camping on the backside of Pikes Peak in central Colorado and introduced her to target shooting during the trip.

— Heide Brandes, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026
All of that material is currently hauled elsewhere for disposal, including round trips of about 200 miles to other biomass facilities.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of hauled

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Ivan Fedorov, co-chair of the regional defense council, said 12 bodies pulled from the rubble had been identified so far.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Nov. 2026
Someone got out of the front passenger seat of the car, walked around the back of the vehicle, pulled a gun out of the pocket of his hoodie, and fired four shots into the front driver's side window.

— Todd Feurer, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of pulled

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The first few days of Riyadh Season have gone ahead with little incident, even if participants were forced to divert to other cities or even neighboring Bahrain or Kuwait before being ferried back to the Saudi capital.

— Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
Treasury said Caspian had transported IRGC personnel and weapons to Syria and said Meraj had ferried illicit cargo, including weapons, to the Syrian government.

— Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of ferried

Verb

The Euphemism Problem In April 2017, a passenger was dragged off a United Airlines flight in Chicago.

— Ronn Torossian, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
The ship dragged its anchor along the seabed for about 80 miles, damaging two telecommunications cables, according to a court statement.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of dragged

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Holly Springs Fire Chief LeRoy Smith said seven people were transported to a hospital with major injuries and 15 others sustained minor injuries.

— News Editor, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
Wuensch was transported by ambulance to Windham Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead, according to state police.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of transported

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In the litigation brought by the Iranian immigrant advocacy group, at least a dozen Iranian detainees have said they’ve been contacted by Iranian officials who had knowledge of sensitive information on their asylum claims.

— Safiyah Riddle, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2026
Rookie Camden Brown brought it out three times and didn’t have any mishaps.

— Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Nov. 2026

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