toting

present participle of tote

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Recent Examples of toting But aside from dispatching shotgun-toting police agents to keep an eye on them, Venezuelan authorities mostly ignored the protesters. John Otis, NPR, 16 July 2026 Sandisk also shed over 10%, but the stock is still toting an advance of more than 750% in 2026. Liz Napolitano,hugh Leask,lee Ying Shan,lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 30 June 2026 The large pouch can even fit a tablet, which is great for toting it to the beach or poolside. Anna Popp, Travel + Leisure, 24 June 2026 Since many high school-age players can’t drive, a parent has to accept the responsibility of toting them back and forth to team activities. Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026 Rob-Will has the support of his adoring wildchild daughter, Oreana (Natalie Alyn Lind), but not of openly distrustful Rip, who gave the gun-toting Rob-Will that punch felt around the Dutton universe in their gas station first meeting. Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 19 June 2026 Who co-living is actually for The stereotype of co-living as a landing pad for laptop-toting nomads no longer holds. Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 17 June 2026 Bennett, who turned 2 on May 8, channeled his father during the Masters Tournament’s Par 3 Contest in April, toting a toy golf club on the course while little brother Remy, born March 27, nestled up against Meredith, 30. Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 17 June 2026 McKeel was arrested on his way to work in March toting a backpack that held one of those thumb drives, as well as a meth pipe, according to the feds. John Annese, New York Daily News, 16 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for toting
Verb
  • That was part of his wider goal of sending endless waves of bomb-carrying drones and robots to hit Russian encampments in a bid to sharply reduce Ukraine’s casualties.
    Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • Then in April, one of the company’s ships was passing Puerto Rico between two other jobs while carrying an advanced underwater drone with the right sensors to find the plane.
    Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2026
Verb
  • The Falcon 9's upper stage continued hauling the 21 satellites to LEO.
    Mike Wall, Space.com, 16 July 2026
  • The rocket, which is capable of hauling 16,000 kilograms into low-Earth orbit, is a commercial variant of the Long March 10A vehicle.
    Lee Billings, Scientific American, 10 July 2026
Verb
  • Getting the magic to California required transporting it 2,801 miles from New York.
    Naomi Jeffries, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2026
  • Overland Park and Lawrence both have statutes or ordinances restricting drivers from transporting animals in open truck beds.
    Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 21 July 2026
Verb
  • Dynacom and its billionaire owner, George Prokopiou, have been instrumental during the war in ferrying oil out of the Persian Gulf and into larger export tankers — at windfall prices that have at times reached $500,000 per vessel.
    Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 21 July 2026
  • Flight campaign results Pilots from GE Aerospace and BETA Technologies conducted flight evaluations in the United States before ferrying the aircraft across the Atlantic to the United Kingdom.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 July 2026

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“Toting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toting. Accessed 23 Jul. 2026.

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