schlep
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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
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
This was true, but we had underestimated two variables: December in Chicago and our motivation to schlep boxes after a seven-hour drive in a U-haul.
From Salon ● Dec. 5, 2024
Before we know it, though, the long schlep home will begin – via Hawaii, California and Winnipeg - and Westminster’s tilt towards the Budget will become total.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2024
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 and his wife have schlepped materials home by train, “five big valises recently from Prague.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
Since Red Stitch uses only purchased grapes, they must be schlepped to Herrera’s winemaking facilities as part of a heavily orchestrated process.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2025
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
Portnoy hustles for years, schlepping papers around town in a secondhand van and, on occasion, cleaning poop from one of his newspaper boxes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
Instead of shopping online or schlepping kids to multiple stores, parents just stop by Dick’s for everything they need.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 14, 2026
Still, they supported her ambitions, schlepping her to and from auditions and performances, and their creative natures helped her to see that a career in the arts “wasn’t off-limits,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2025
Once you understand that “Conclave” is “Mean Girls,” schlepping to a theater becomes much more appealing.
From Salon ● Nov. 22, 2024
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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