as in pulling
to cause to follow by applying steady force on
the fishermen haled the huge net onto the deck of the ship
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Recent Examples of haling
Lyft’s leading competitor, Uber, the country’s largest ride-haling service, is not a party to the settlement.
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Steve Karnowski, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2026
Lyft’s leading competitor, Uber, the country’s largest ride-haling service, is not a party to the settlement.
—Steve Karnowski, Twin Cities, 11 Mar. 2026
Lyft's leading competitor, Uber, the country's largest ride-haling service, is not a party to the settlement.
—ABC News, 11 Mar. 2026
Steve Karnowski, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2026
Lyft’s leading competitor, Uber, the country’s largest ride-haling service, is not a party to the settlement.
—Steve Karnowski, Twin Cities, 11 Mar. 2026
Lyft's leading competitor, Uber, the country's largest ride-haling service, is not a party to the settlement.
—ABC News, 11 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for haling
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Johnson then raised both arms above her head to acknowledge the roaring, standing crowd before pulling her jersey up over her face to wipe her eyes.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 Mar. 2026
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The study demonstrates that researchers can achieve unprecedented control over material kinks using sound, even if only by pulling them.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Mar. 2026
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Ridley Scott’s sci-fi horror classic, which won the Academy Award for visual effects and spawned an enduring franchise, turns the commercial towing vessel Nostromo — essentially a tug-hauling cargo ship — into something claustrophobic and unforgiving.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2026
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California Department of Fish and Wildlife officials hauling a mother bear to their vehicle after it was tranquilized and captured in Monrovia on Sunday afternoon.—
Laurie Perez,
CBS News,
16 Mar. 2026
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With negotiations dragging, hundreds of TSA agents have quit during the partial shutdown and thousands of others have called out of work.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
24 Mar. 2026
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The Lebanese government has been critical of Iran and accuses its Revolutionary Guard of operating in Lebanon alongside Hezbollah, and dragging the country into another war with Israel.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Haling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/haling. Accessed 25 Mar. 2026.
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