schlep
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But perhaps the most insidious offense is the ringtone that repeatedly greets our unhappy hero as she schleps around Bucharest in her car for work.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2024
The Gita, which the complex was invited to beta test for Piaggio, also schleps Amazon packages for Mangal, and helps draw interest when she sets up a table at University of North Carolina housing fairs.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 19, 2022
Her husband “comes to the studio, he helps, he schleps, he climbs,” she said.
From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2022
Dacus referred to her as a "guitar wizard," noting that Baker schleps around a giant pedalboard and played most of the other instruments on the Boygenius record — keyboard, mandolin, you name it.
From Washington Post • Feb. 24, 2021
I’m assessing damage when Ben finally schleps back to the car.
From "Paper Towns" by John Green
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