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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
With its thoughtful layout for laptops, tablets, and other essentials, this expandable suitcase with wheels makes lugging gear through terminals feel effortless.
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Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 2 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
Those were exciting days, and just lugging a lot of props and wigs.
—Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Sep. 2025
Dressed in its game pants, lugging helmets and shoulder pads, the players walked to the front of the gym, awaiting the bus.
—Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2025
If yes, more power to you, and keep on lugging!
—Marjorie “slim” Woodruff, Denver Post, 11 Sep. 2025
Instead of lugging out an upright vacuum, use it to suck up small messes in tricky spots around the house and in the car.
—Isabel Garcia, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Responding firefighters fought the blaze through the night, lugging hose lines from the nearby Harlem River.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2025
Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 2 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
Those were exciting days, and just lugging a lot of props and wigs.
—Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Sep. 2025
Dressed in its game pants, lugging helmets and shoulder pads, the players walked to the front of the gym, awaiting the bus.
—Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2025
If yes, more power to you, and keep on lugging!
—Marjorie “slim” Woodruff, Denver Post, 11 Sep. 2025
Instead of lugging out an upright vacuum, use it to suck up small messes in tricky spots around the house and in the car.
—Isabel Garcia, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Responding firefighters fought the blaze through the night, lugging hose lines from the nearby Harlem River.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lugging
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One of three monkeys that escaped after a truck hauling 21 of the animals from Tulane University in New Orleans flipped on a Mississippi interstate has been found, according to authorities.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
2 Nov. 2025
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Nip that sentiment in the bud by taking them out the following August for a few days of hauling fertilizer, picking rocks, wrestling farm implements, and driving tractors over unseen wasp nests.—
The Editors,
Outdoor Life,
30 Oct. 2025
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China last tested its ICBM force in September 2024—its first since the 1980s—when a DF-31AG missile carrying a dummy warhead was fired toward international waters in the South Pacific, within the region's nuclear-free zone, according to a Newsweek map.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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The Falcon 9's upper stage, meanwhile, continued carrying the 29 Starlink satellites toward LEO, where were deployed on schedule about an hour into flight.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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Both candidates had coattails, pulling along fellow Democrats as Republican turnout sagged.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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After decades of wars in the Middle East, many American politicians, civil society organizations, and citizens advocate for pulling back, arguing that the United States can no longer serve as the world’s policeman.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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But beyond holding detainees, the sheriff's office doesn't assist ICE in transporting people to new holding locations or airports for deportation.—
Noe Padilla,
IndyStar,
31 Oct. 2025
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Mississippi authorities have not disclosed the company involved in transporting the monkeys, where the monkeys were headed or who owns them.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
31 Oct. 2025
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The latest downdraft could pull bitcoin deeper into the red, dragging the token more enduringly below the $100,000 support level, according to the analyst.—
Liz Napolitano,
CNBC,
4 Nov. 2025
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Video shows one agent restraining the man, then dragging him around as another agent helps pin him to the ground.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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The ordinance would prevent a landlord from charging a tenant a separate fee for ferrying trash to its pickup point.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Oct. 2025
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One of the camp counselors was operating the boat ferrying a group of kids to a swimming activity, but the complaint alleged that the counselor was unaware of how many children were on the boat and in the water.—
David Chiu,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Lugging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lugging. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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