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tote

[toht] / toʊt /


VERB
carry a gun
Synonyms


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Because we have many totes but we don’t have this tote.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

You don’t need to cram every beautiful thing into the same dinner merely because it came home in the same tote.

From Salon Aug. 4, 2026

Last week he bought four items from the new collection, including a tote for his daughter.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

Visitors to the GoMA can also part with £15 to get their hands on a coned Duke of Wellington tote bag or £20 for a T-shirt.

From BBC Jul. 3, 2026

Zarra plops down, emptying the tote on the floor.

From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Dancing to drums in downtown Yangon, the crowd of nationalist activists and saffron-robed monks twirled miniature national flags and toted banners denying accusations of ethnic cleansing being levelled at The Hague.

From Barron's Jan. 27, 2026

During a family trip to Lake Tahoe, he toted two bags of notes.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 15, 2026

He toted Walter around the whole day, and at the end of their visit, I told him he could take Walter home if he wanted to.

From Slate Oct. 1, 2025

Queen Elizabeth II, who was in residence, was said to have looked at the guns being toted by these unexpected arrivals.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2025

It was the first but not the last time I toted along my middle- class notions about parenting, only to learn that Jesse had been almost completely on his own for years.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz

So if you’re toting around two kids and want a fun-filled day that costs less than $200, but you hate walking around museums, then say exactly that.

From MarketWatch May 19, 2026

When she comes on to play, toting her digital keyboard, it’s always as herself, or mostly herself, with her name spelled out across the screen: Jane Wickline.

From Los Angeles Times May 14, 2026

More travelers are toting portable chargers to keep their digital equipment powered throughout their journeys.

From The Wall Street Journal May 6, 2026

He was Sylvester Stallone in the 1986 action movie “Cobra,” toting a machine gun.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 22, 2026

Directing the proceedings was a slim young man toting a large megaphone.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown




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