HAULED Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

hauled

verb

past tense of haul

as in pulled

to cause to follow by applying steady force on a pair of strong oxen hauled the plow

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as in carried

to support and take from one place to another a vast army of trucks haul produce across America every day

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Recent Examples of hauled Amid dealing with a custody battle that cut time with her two small boys down to alternating weeks, says Butler, her friends hauled her camping on the backside of Pikes Peak in central Colorado and introduced her to target shooting during the trip. — Heide Brandes, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026 All of that material is currently hauled elsewhere for disposal, including round trips of about 200 miles to other biomass facilities. — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026 However, with five minutes left in regulation and Penn State threatening to score, Becht was hauled down while scrambling and fumbled the ball, which was recovered by Michigan. — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026 After a brief exchange, officers hauled him into a police vehicle and drove away. — Sheikh Saaliq, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026 The capsule recovery was quick, with it being hauled up onto a SpaceX vessel in less than an hour. — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026 On Monday, workers hauled out a 200-pound piece of equipment that was ruined by the saltwater and sand carried in on the high tides. — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026 Every chip and solar panel has to be hauled into orbit, and every answer those chips produce has to come back down. — Peter Hall, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2026 For one, the garage side-door was hauled into court to show the jury. — Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026

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Ivan Fedorov, co-chair of the regional defense council, said 12 bodies pulled from the rubble had been identified so far.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Nov. 2026
Someone got out of the front passenger seat of the car, walked around the back of the vehicle, pulled a gun out of the pocket of his hoodie, and fired four shots into the front driver's side window.

— Todd Feurer, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of pulled

Verb

The Euphemism Problem In April 2017, a passenger was dragged off a United Airlines flight in Chicago.

— Ronn Torossian, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
The ship dragged its anchor along the seabed for about 80 miles, damaging two telecommunications cables, according to a court statement.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of dragged

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Holly Springs Fire Chief LeRoy Smith said seven people were transported to a hospital with major injuries and 15 others sustained minor injuries.

— News Editor, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
Wuensch was transported by ambulance to Windham Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead, according to state police.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of transported

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The first few days of Riyadh Season have gone ahead with little incident, even if participants were forced to divert to other cities or even neighboring Bahrain or Kuwait before being ferried back to the Saudi capital.

— Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
Treasury said Caspian had transported IRGC personnel and weapons to Syria and said Meraj had ferried illicit cargo, including weapons, to the Syrian government.

— Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of ferried

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In the litigation brought by the Iranian immigrant advocacy group, at least a dozen Iranian detainees have said they’ve been contacted by Iranian officials who had knowledge of sensitive information on their asylum claims.

— Safiyah Riddle, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2026
Rookie Camden Brown brought it out three times and didn’t have any mishaps.

— Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Nov. 2026

Definition of brought

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The league sent American football equipment to nearly 1,000 schools across the island.

— Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 7 Nov. 2026
Leger Fernández described Tuesday’s election results as a powerful rebuke in which men accused of misconduct lost reelection, while voters also sent record numbers of women to Congress.

— Anna Liss-Roy, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2026

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