as in carrying
to support and take from one place to another
toted his dog from the muddy backyard to the bathtub for a thorough washing
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Recent Examples of toting
But, where Grace walks under her own free will with a knife, Pam's shotgun-toting strolls occur only in her sleep.
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Mike Miller, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Nov. 2025
Swain agreed and boarded the red-eye to Heathrow toting a bulging roller suitcase packed full of financials.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2025
In places like Barcelona, visitors have been harassed and hosed down by water-pistol-toting locals.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2025
Sporting an all-black, one-piece halter-and-shorts-spandex look along with strappy heels and a purse toting a Labubu, Megan walked alongside her man, who rocked a collarless matching denim set.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
Christian McCaffrey hasn’t come close to rushing for 100 yards in a game this season, despite toting the rock 108 times.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2025
The K-pop star was spotted at Incheon Airport in South Korea in early October, toting a brown leather bag with a Hirono Living Wild-Fight for Joy Plush Doll, which surprisingly hasn’t sold out yet.
—Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 13 Oct. 2025
At the start of the episode, which was hosted by Poehler, Fey played a gun-toting Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during a cold open where Poehler starred as Attorney General Pam Bondi.
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 12 Oct. 2025
From refs to scouts to iPad-toting assistants, on-field jobs are increasingly being filled by women.
—Jennifer Halper, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025
Mike Miller, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Nov. 2025
Swain agreed and boarded the red-eye to Heathrow toting a bulging roller suitcase packed full of financials.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2025
In places like Barcelona, visitors have been harassed and hosed down by water-pistol-toting locals.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2025
Sporting an all-black, one-piece halter-and-shorts-spandex look along with strappy heels and a purse toting a Labubu, Megan walked alongside her man, who rocked a collarless matching denim set.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
Christian McCaffrey hasn’t come close to rushing for 100 yards in a game this season, despite toting the rock 108 times.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2025
The K-pop star was spotted at Incheon Airport in South Korea in early October, toting a brown leather bag with a Hirono Living Wild-Fight for Joy Plush Doll, which surprisingly hasn’t sold out yet.
—Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 13 Oct. 2025
At the start of the episode, which was hosted by Poehler, Fey played a gun-toting Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during a cold open where Poehler starred as Attorney General Pam Bondi.
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 12 Oct. 2025
From refs to scouts to iPad-toting assistants, on-field jobs are increasingly being filled by women.
—Jennifer Halper, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for toting
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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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But, in a year that has already seen multiple political assassinations, the deployment of the National Guard to American cities, and masked agents of the federal government hauling people off the streets and into unmarked vans, the prospects for a peaceful anniversary appear remote.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
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The vehicle was hauling 21 monkeys that day, and eight of them escaped.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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At the time of the incident, DHS defended Bovino's actions saying that a Border Patrol transport van transporting undocumented immigrants was attacked by demonstrators.—
James Hill,
ABC News,
7 Nov. 2025
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While Iguaran was waiting for relatives to send more cash, and earning small amounts of money working odd jobs, the men who operate the fishing boats transporting migrants to Colombia cut him a break.—
Daniel Gonzalez,
AZCentral.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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Nalavade would not say exactly when in 2026 Waymo intends to begin ferrying customers.—
Rob Nikolewski,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Nov. 2025
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Others grew rich ferrying migrants downriver in piraguas.—
Daniel Gonzalez,
AZCentral.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Toting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toting. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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