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For years, wealthy Italians had been lugging suitcases crammed with lire for deposit in Swiss banks; Cr�dit Suisse in Chiasso was a prime recipient.

From Time Magazine Archive

Bridge and Sherm had been lugging rocks to school for two weeks, trying to make a moon floor for the Talentine show.

From "Goodbye Stranger" by Rebecca Stead

The man who took Si's squad was a grizzled Sergeant, who had been "lugging knapsack, box and gun" for a year.

From Si Klegg, Book 1 (of 6) His Transformation From A Raw Recruit To A Veteran by McElroy, John

I placed my stack, and Marty, who had been lugging additional copies, placed his as well.

From Take Me for a Ride: coming of age in a destructive cult by Laxer, Mark Eliot