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schlep

[shlep] / ʃlɛp /


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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

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

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

Then he was schlepped out to the hospital on an emergency helicopter ride because he was close to death … but at the hospital, there he was, sitting at a desk again, doing president stuff.

From Slate Jul. 23, 2022

His daughter, Lisa Wright, recalled that one Christmas, they wound up schlepping an emergency eggnog delivery from one Wawa that had extra to another that ran out.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

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

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

Once you understand that “Conclave” is “Mean Girls,” schlepping to a theater becomes much more appealing.

From Salon Nov. 22, 2024

And in her defense, she said it had been a long, wet day schlepping through monsoon floods.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon




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