HAULING Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

hauling

verb

present participle of haul

as in pulling

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

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as in carrying

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 hauling But semis are hauling the majority of goods in America, especially to the final destination, the final place where it’s sold or picked up. — Joel Feder, The Drive, 2 Sep. 2026 Beyond the beds, Radica keeps the interior simple, leaving the pickup floor available for hauling cargo, just as it was intended. — New Atlas, 1 Sep. 2026 Decades later, buses helped desegregate schools, hauling Black and white children across the country’s racial divide, a controversial practice that has mostly ended. — Jeff McMurray, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026 Early birds get the best selection, but late arrivals often score better prices as vendors look to avoid hauling unsold product home. — Lauren Schuster, Sacbee.com, 1 Sep. 2026 The train crew described long shifts and stressful working conditions to NTSB officials, who also focused on the fact the locomotive wasn’t hauling any train cars on its trip from West Chicago to Belvidere. — Marni Pyke, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026 Doxsee’s job consisted mostly of physical labor—unloading boxcars of grain and other materials, hauling them around the factory, and working the bagging machine on the building’s top floor. — Literary Hub, 31 Aug. 2026 The semi truck was hauling approximately 50,000 pounds of tires, according to CHP officials. — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026 Shimano has included two settings, one for general riding and one for hauling cargo or passengers. — ArsTechnica, 26 Aug. 2026

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Havertz pulling to the right, combined with the snappier passing of Rice, is what brought their equaliser.

— Jack Lang, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Even average Big Ten linemen are pulling $400,000 or more these days.

— Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of pulling

Verb

In addition, people are urged to secure to chains to avoid dragging and potential spark and not to toss cigarette butts out of vehicles.

— Tim Fang, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026
As mentioned previously, Babcock obstinately played a late-career Marleau in significant minutes during his time in Toronto with dragging results.

— Janson Duench, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026

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Three explosive-laden drones were found around the airport, one near a Ukrainian plane transporting munitions.

— Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Since launching in May 2024, the dog-centric luxury airline has flown nearly 1 million miles, transporting 2,661 pets across 40 breeds via more than 360 flights.

— Rebecca Norris, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of transporting

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Drug cartels, in the meantime, have adjusted to the threat to vessels on the water, increasingly ferrying narcotics via unmanned semisubmersibles -- drone submarines that navigate autonomously -- a former intelligence official told ABC News.

— Laura Romero, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026
Choppers flew overhead in a constant stream ferrying victims from a village just on the other side of the river.

— Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of ferrying

Verb

Teams earned points by winning weekly head-to-head battles – tugging a sled across the field the fastest, surviving a heated game of dodgeball – and by simply doing the right thing.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
In a statement after the trial, Delaney acknowledged tugging on the student's sleeve.

— William Morris, Des Moines Register, 14 Aug. 2026

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