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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
From his own end, McAvoy started the breakout with a pass to Marat Khusnutdinov, who lugged it through the neutral zone.
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Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 18 Jan. 2026
Art Hains’ legs felt more tired than usual as he lugged radio gear back to the car after calling Missouri State’s near-upset at Arkansas early in the 2022 football season.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2025
Majesticks staff members lugged off bags and equipment into trucks as a representative for Poulter and Stenson said the players would not be speaking to the media.
—Brody Miller, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025
For centuries, humans lugged heavy suitcases.
—David Henkin, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 18 Jan. 2026
Art Hains’ legs felt more tired than usual as he lugged radio gear back to the car after calling Missouri State’s near-upset at Arkansas early in the 2022 football season.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2025
Majesticks staff members lugged off bags and equipment into trucks as a representative for Poulter and Stenson said the players would not be speaking to the media.
—Brody Miller, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025
For centuries, humans lugged heavy suitcases.
—David Henkin, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lugged
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On the non-passenger side, freight carriers hauled 6% less cargo in January compared with the same month in 2025, though international cargo rose 2%.—
Alex Driggars,
Austin American Statesman,
9 Mar. 2026
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This sudden outburst earns her a pauper’s grave, after she’s hauled out of the restaurant and shoved, accidentally or intentionally, down the stairs.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
5 Mar. 2026
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The controversy has carried into the offseason, apparently prompting at least one prominent UNC football alumnus to forgo attending games in person when the 2026 season begins this fall.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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Long before that, the site marked the end point of the New River, the 17th-century canal that carried fresh drinking water from Hertfordshire into the city.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
13 Mar. 2026
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Brent crude, which at one point neared $120 a barrel, pulled back significantly to around $90.—
Alaa Shahine Salha,
semafor.com,
11 Mar. 2026
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As a result, insurers, oil companies and cargo firms have pulled back from operating in the area or transiting the critical waterway.—
Steve Kopack,
NBC news,
11 Mar. 2026
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Astronauts will launch to the moon in an Orion capsule atop a Space Launch System rocket and then be ferried to the surface by a commercial lunar lander, such as a version of SpaceX’s Starship vehicle or Blue Origin’s Blue Moon lander, as part of the agency’s Artemis IV mission.—
Leonard David,
Scientific American,
12 Mar. 2026
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Events like this also provide a way to bring the increasingly popular active-travel segment into the safari world, which, despite its rugged reputation, consists largely of being ferried about in Land Cruisers.—
Tom Vanderbilt,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Mar. 2026
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The case dragged on for more than a decade before a landmark 1997 settlement established nationwide minimum standards for the detention of minors.—
Mike Hixenbaugh,
NBC news,
13 Mar. 2026
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Even with the massive emergency release, analysts said that strategic reserves can cover only a fraction of the supply loss if the conflict dragged on.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
12 Mar. 2026
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The driver of the car was transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.—
Colleen Cronin,
Boston Herald,
10 Mar. 2026
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The item is logged and eventually transported to the Lost & Found office.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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In Season 1, confronted with overdoses, drownings, and a host of other crises great and small, the team nevertheless found time to deliver the soapiness that the best medical series have always brought.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Mar. 2026
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At last, the alien—brought wonderfully to life, with an amusingly robotic voice and skittery movements, by the puppeteer James Ortiz—can tell his story.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Lugged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lugged. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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