lugged

past tense of lug
1
as in hauled
to cause to follow by applying steady force on lugged the lawn mower out into the backyard

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2
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 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 Thom Sweeney Pebble Grain Leather Brogue Shoes Thom Sweeney tapped Crockett & Jones to make its brogue, which is distinguished by a pebble grain leather upper and a lightweight Vibram lugged sole. Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 4 May 2026 Whale of a Tale Kennedy’s oldest daughter, Kick Kennedy, once told Town & Country that in the 1990s, her father lugged home the head of a whale carcass that had washed up on the beach on Hyannis Port’s Squaw Island. Erin Vanderhoof, Vanity Fair, 16 Apr. 2026
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  • Video shared by Nepal's authorities showed the moment a man was hauled from a tunnel.
    Victoria Craw, Washington Post, 4 Sep. 2026
  • According to the Grand Canyon Historical Society, the animal gave children rides and hauled water to a North Ridge summer camp in exchange for pancakes.
    Chris Boyette, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026
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  • Several heavy explosions shook Kuhestak, with fireballs that lighted up the night sky, according to security camera recordings carried by the semiofficial news agency Fars.
    David Rising, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The ideas that traveled furthest were carried by story rather than analysis.
    Bryan Adams, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
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  • But Joshi says mental health care is often treated as an afterthought in disaster situations, and resources can get pulled before people have fully made sense of the trauma.
    Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Cheers erupted as video on Friday showed the first man – 30-year-old mechanical foreman Sanjay Sah – being pulled from the tunnel.
    Sana Noor Haq, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026
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  • The Pilot once ferried maritime pilots to larger ships in Boston Harbor.
    ABC News, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Madilynn Becker, Miss Kansas While Madilynn Becker has long since given up most of her rituals and superstitions, there was one that ferried her through her young pageant career.
    Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 21 Aug. 2026
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  • One smashed in the front passenger window while others approached the driver‘s side door and dragged him outside.
    Jenny Jarvie Follow, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Technology stocks dragged the market lower, with the Nasdaq Composite sliding by around 1%.
    Justina Lee,Alex Harring, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026
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  • United fans may well feel transported back to their more recent Europa League endeavours when Michael Carrick’s side walk out the Old Trafford tunnel on Thursday.
    Leon Imber, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • According to a January 2018 press release from the Halifax County Sheriff’s Office, the remains were transported to the medical examiner’s office for autopsy, examination and positive identification.
    Sarah Dahlberg, NBC news, 8 Sep. 2026
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  • That outlay has brought Marc Cucurella, Robert Sanchez, Moises Caicedo and Joao Pedro to Stamford Bridge, while their latest arrival from the south-coast side, centre-forward Danny Welbeck, was secured for a much more modest £5m this summer.
    Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Pritzker believes the city and state have learned to respond to the tactics that Bovino and his men brought, and those that continue.
    Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026

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“Lugged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lugged. Accessed 9 Sep. 2026.

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