schlep
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You have to schlep around while it’s raining, snowing or just hot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
You can’t beat the price: $9 one way from Framingham and no bags to schlep except carry-ons.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
She still laughs about it now, whispering to my dad back then, half-horrified, half-amused: “BYOM? They want us to schlep raw meat to their house. Is that… something people do?”
From Salon ● Jan. 27, 2026
Yiddish, the language spoken by Ashkenazi Jews across Europe before the Holocaust, is now perhaps best known to many English speakers through words such as "schlep", "klutz" and "chutzpah".
From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2025
Admittedly, I have to schlep to the rover five times a day to check e-mail.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
I schlepped in oversized bags of flour and sugar to make cranberry-orange and pumpkin-chocolate loaves for Christmas—leaving a fine dusting of powder in the pantry.
From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2026
Lader, 40, described "grabbing babies who were being schlepped across the street, and finding parents who were hysterical that their kids weren't here."
From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026
He went on tours with me, built my bed and schlepped all my clothes over from Hollywood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2026
He and his wife have schlepped materials home by train, “five big valises recently from Prague.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
But why don’t the rest of us yokels get schlepped around by private jets when we’re in grave danger?
From Slate ● Sep. 2, 2023
They’re reclaiming date night, saying no to schlepping to 17 different after-school activities and making peace with dirty dishes in the sink.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
With its Golden Gate Bridge views, the beach is a magnet for wedding parties, such as one seen schlepping across an empty parking lot after a photo shoot this week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
Something I wish people knew about the fashion and styling industry is that 75% is hard work and schlepping, you’re carrying things all day, every day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2025
In other words, employees who may give up a good chunk of their pay to work from home might actually be getting paid more than those who are schlepping to the office.
From Salon ● Feb. 27, 2025
The days of endlessly schlepping back and forth to church were no longer my problem, and I was lazily sleeping in.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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