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as in hauling
to cause to follow by applying steady force on
lugged the lawn mower out into the backyard
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as in carrying
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 lugging
Haul handles at the ends and sides of the bag boost ease and comfort when lugging your gear.
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Nathan Allen, Travel + Leisure, 29 Jan. 2026
And that idea of having a vacation boyfriend and lugging him back to the real world actually happened to Joel.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 10 Jan. 2026
How to create opportunities for himself, say, or how much to carry the puck without Marner there lugging it around — little things like that.
—Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
The 2026 Honda Passport TrailSport is not, however, a trail-lugging beast.
—New Atlas, 12 Dec. 2025
Though the Yule log had once sprouted from a place of whimsical evolution (not many of us are reliably lugging colossal hunks of wood home), its flavors and construction have yet to experience the breadth of remix its flat-sheet and round-tiered kin have undergone.
—Ingu Chen, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 Dec. 2025
Use it to quickly chop herbs, dice vegetables, and grind hard cheeses, all without lugging out your full-size appliance from the back of the cabinet.
—Melanie Fincher, Southern Living, 30 Nov. 2025
Tom Grogan’s first job paid him just £30 ($40) a day lugging bricks and hauling cement on a Birmingham building site.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025
Carrying it around feels more like lugging a speaker than a dainty portable gadget, but that handle makes moving it between rooms surprisingly manageable.
—Jade Chung-Lee, PC Magazine, 8 Oct. 2025
Nathan Allen, Travel + Leisure, 29 Jan. 2026
And that idea of having a vacation boyfriend and lugging him back to the real world actually happened to Joel.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 10 Jan. 2026
How to create opportunities for himself, say, or how much to carry the puck without Marner there lugging it around — little things like that.
—Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
The 2026 Honda Passport TrailSport is not, however, a trail-lugging beast.
—New Atlas, 12 Dec. 2025
Though the Yule log had once sprouted from a place of whimsical evolution (not many of us are reliably lugging colossal hunks of wood home), its flavors and construction have yet to experience the breadth of remix its flat-sheet and round-tiered kin have undergone.
—Ingu Chen, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 Dec. 2025
Use it to quickly chop herbs, dice vegetables, and grind hard cheeses, all without lugging out your full-size appliance from the back of the cabinet.
—Melanie Fincher, Southern Living, 30 Nov. 2025
Tom Grogan’s first job paid him just £30 ($40) a day lugging bricks and hauling cement on a Birmingham building site.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025
Carrying it around feels more like lugging a speaker than a dainty portable gadget, but that handle makes moving it between rooms surprisingly manageable.
—Jade Chung-Lee, PC Magazine, 8 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lugging
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Days later, officers entered his home and beat him, before hauling him off to jail.—
Cora Engelbrecht,
New Yorker,
11 Feb. 2026
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The Fort Allen Volunteer Fire Company said that crews responding to the crash found a semi-trailer truck that was hauling produce and was fully engulfed in flames.—
Megan Shinn,
CBS News,
10 Feb. 2026
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He was said to have been carrying a twenty-five-litre backpack made by Ozark Trail, a brand sold primarily at Walmart.—
Paige Williams,
New Yorker,
14 Feb. 2026
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According to federal authorities, Morales Tejada in October 2023 was convicted in Superior Court in Connecticut on charges of carrying a pistol without a permit and first-degree failure to appear.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
13 Feb. 2026
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The film is incredibly, even magnificently, stylish, but beyond its initial presentation, there just isn’t very much guiding the story in any novel or exciting ways — beyond, perhaps, thematic echoes of how the less prim-and-proper tech bros of today might be pulling a fast one too.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
15 Feb. 2026
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Heimuli rebounded from the loss to Kouokam to beat Jessica Pyatt of El Paso Pebble Hills in a consolation semifinal, pulling Pyatt down with 15 seconds left in the second period and getting a pint five seconds later.—
Rick Kretzschmar,
Dallas Morning News,
14 Feb. 2026
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As one of DeSantis’ closest aides, Uthmeier helped coordinate legal strategy for transporting migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard, oversaw responses to pandemic-era litigation and worked on the state’s escalating legal fight with Walt Disney Company.—
Garrett Shanley Herald,
Miami Herald,
17 Feb. 2026
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Ralph Lauren’s collection was beautiful, transporting and had a mythical quality.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
17 Feb. 2026
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Negotiators are showing few signs of backing down from their demands, and there’s little holding back talks from dragging on for the foreseeable future.—
Al Weaver,
The Hill,
17 Feb. 2026
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Eliza was eventually turned over to a bounty hunter, who, along with her original enslaver, went to Chicago and captured her, apparently dragging her down Adams Street, Krupa said.—
Molly Morrow,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Feb. 2026
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Blue Origin, the space exploration company founded by Jeff Bezos, also holds a multibillion NASA contract to develop a vehicle capable of ferrying astronauts from deep space to the lunar surface.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
9 Feb. 2026
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The area is near a military base in neighboring Poland, a NATO member, that serves as a key hub for ferrying Western military supplies to Kyiv.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Lugging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lugging. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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