luggage
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Luggage is anything you use to carry your things with you on a trip. If you're backpacking across Asia, your only luggage is the pack on your back. Suitcases are luggage, and if you pack a trunk full of gifts to bring your family in India, that's luggage too. When you arrive at an airport after a flight, you might have to wait a while to pick up your checked luggage. Luggage comes from lug, or "drag," the way you sometimes have to lug your luggage onto a train or bus.
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The app is also offering luggage storage in partnership with Bounce and will add in-app car rentals later this summer.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
Airbnb is also doubling down on its renewed push to expand into services and experiences by introducing luggage storage, airport pickups, car rentals and grocery delivery.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
Airlines throughout the U.K. and the rest of the world have canceled flights and increased the cost of luggage as the continued closure of the passage has driven up jet fuel prices.
From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026
Consider airlines, which ramp up capacity only to be left holding the luggage when fliers pull back or airfare wars torpedo profits.
From Barron's • May 14, 2026
He pushed open the door to help the man with his luggage.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
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