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as in yield
the total amount collected or obtained especially at one time
our latest trip to collect shells at the beach resulted in quite a haul
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as in load
a mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported
a truck carrying a large haul of lumber
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as in tug
the act or an instance of applying force on something so that it moves in the direction of the force
the sharp haul strained the rope but didn't break it
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Recent Examples of haul
Mike Wall, Space.com, 21 Oct. 2025
Nix put a perfect back-shoulder throw on him, and Sutton hauled it in.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 21 Oct. 2025
Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
The streamer bought — or traded, likely a haul of some brick and wood or a bunch of wheat — the rights to make movies, TV series, and unscripted series all based on the board game.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 21 Oct. 2025
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Verb
The 217-foot-tall (66 meters) Zhuque-3 can haul about 40,350 pounds (18,300 kilograms) to low Earth orbit (LEO).
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 21 Oct. 2025
Nix put a perfect back-shoulder throw on him, and Sutton hauled it in.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
The glittering haul includes an emerald and diamond necklace and earrings set that Emperor Napoleon gave second wife, Marie-Louise of Austria, as a wedding gift in 1810.
—Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
The streamer bought — or traded, likely a haul of some brick and wood or a bunch of wheat — the rights to make movies, TV series, and unscripted series all based on the board game.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 21 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for haul
Verb
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The pair took their Clueless looks to the next level by posing in front of a white Jeep just like the one driven by Cher in the movie — with Kim pouting at the wheel as North pulled a shocked face.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
26 Oct. 2025
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Within seconds, several officers pull her toward the entrance of the facility as others move to hold back the crowd.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
26 Oct. 2025
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North also styled her hair in braids like Dionne and carried a small black leather handbag.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
26 Oct. 2025
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This year, a replica of the Seneca Chief, which carried Clinton in 1825, set out from Buffalo on the canal.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
26 Oct. 2025
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Unlike many recycling approaches, this method works across multiple plastics and even mixtures, producing gram-scale yields that point to real-world feasibility, as per the release.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Oct. 2025
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China’s 10-year government bond yields edged up, as demand for safety assets ebbed following the positive results of trade talks.—
Bloomberg,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
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Within two decades, commercial trout harvests plummeted by ninety-eight per cent; in Lake Michigan alone, the load dropped from six million pounds to zero in the decade between 1944 and 1954.—
Katie Thornton,
New Yorker,
24 Oct. 2025
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Although the structure is complete, several final phases remain – including paving, lighting installation, cable inspections, and load testing.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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The Wall Street Journal reports that regardless of how that fiscal tug-of- war turns out, health insurance premiums paid by Americans are expected to rise another 8% or 9% next year.—
Stephen Moore,
Boston Herald,
23 Oct. 2025
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In the heart of the Amazon Basin, where the borders and cultures of Peru, Colombia and Brazil converge, a tiny, shape-shifting island has become the unlikely setting for a diplomatic tug of war.—
Sarah Hutter,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
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His low cross found Pascal Gross for a tap-in at the far post after Luke Shaw had been dragged central trying to cut off Adam Lallana.—
Laurie Whitwell,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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Vader moves the blade, raises it, but the shadow seems to only deepen, the pull of the dark side suddenly stronger, a riptide that threatens to drag him under.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 Oct. 2025
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The Wisconsin State Patrol trooper detected signs of impairment related to drug use, administered field sobriety tests and then arrested and transported him to a hospital for a legal blood draw, according to the release.—
Anna Kleiber,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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Under Georgian law, buying, transporting or selling nuclear or radioactive material is punishable by up to five years in prison and seizing a nuclear material can lead to a sentence of up to 10 years.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Oct. 2025
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The league determined that the New Orleans Saints were a running a 'bounty system where there were bonuses if an opponent got hurt.—
Mark Kern,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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The History Of Tomato Pudding Tomato pudding evolved as a way to use up summer's bounty of garden tomatoes.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Haul.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/haul. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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