hauling

verb

present participle of haul
1
as in pulling
to cause to follow by applying steady force on a pair of strong oxen hauled the plow

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2
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 Because few electric trucks are already hauling cargo on the roads, insurance prices are often high. — Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026 About three hours later, Lozano-Garita was seen hauling several large garbage bags out of the building on a wagon. — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 28 Oct. 2026 By 1916, local mines made Oatman one of the richest camps in Arizona, and miners worked the hills with pack burros hauling ore and water. — Harry Bruinius, Christian Science Monitor, 27 Oct. 2026 Unbounder can also install roof rails for further cargo-hauling capability. — New Atlas, 23 Oct. 2026 For now, Starship's most immediate role is hauling Starlink satellites in orbit. — Andrew Jones, Space.com, 14 Oct. 2026 Kodiak has spent four years hauling IKEA freight on this route with a safety observer aboard. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026 And few vehicles can switch from carrying a family to hauling furniture quite so easily. — Chris Hardesty, AJC.com, 9 Oct. 2026 While the university grappled with yet another football scandal, an Ann Arbor moving crew simply got to work—sorting, packing and hauling away the remnants of a fallen career, one item at a time, over the span of six hours. — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 8 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hauling
  1. pulling
  2. carrying
  3. dragging
  4. transporting
  5. towing
  6. ferrying
  7. tugging
Verb
  • Reggie Tongue had a 7-yard fumble return for a touchdown that resulted in the Chargers pulling quarterback Erik Kramer from the game and replacing him with Jim Harbaugh, who is now the team’s current coach.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2026
  • That includes making your bed, folding clothes, even pulling on a sweatshirt, where your nails are at risk of getting caught and pulling.
    — Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of pulling
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  • Any legislators carrying such a bill would need to convince their colleagues in multiple parts of the state where Hollywood has less sway of the wisdom of such a move.
    — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Firearms cannot be brought into polling places located inside private property that forbids them, a school, a courthouse or any other location where Pennsylvania law prohibits carrying firearms.
    — Garrett Behanna, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of carrying
Verb
  • Most damage to the undersea cables that form the Internet’s backbone is the result of accidents involving bottom-trawling fishing nets and ship anchors dragging on the seabed, with storms and undersea landslides also factoring in.
    — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 28 Oct. 2026
  • There’s nothing neutral about dragging your feet, and a rigorous investigation of crimes is the only job of the Justice Department.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of dragging
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  • Some experts have questioned whether Russia can meet the schedule for diesel deliveries, in part because of the complexities of transporting the oil within Russia to its ports and thence to its destination.
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Then the Iran war sent the prices of diesel and fertilizer soaring, which increased the costs of transporting beef and growing feed.
    — The Week US, TheWeek, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of transporting
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  • Start drying out your vehicle as quickly as possible and contact a towing service to get it back to higher ground.
    — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2026
  • As for towing, the trim with the larger battery is capable of towing up to 4,409 lb (2,000 kg).
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of towing
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  • Blue Origin and SpaceX each have multibillion-dollar contracts with the US space agency to develop vehicles capable of ferrying astronauts from NASA’s Orion spacecraft down to the lunar surface.
    — Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026
  • One company makes electric cars that are inherently terrestrial, ferrying millions of drivers on roads around the world.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of ferrying
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  • The formula also features hydrating glycerin and vitamin E to help each shade glide across lids without tugging.
    — Madison San Miguel, Allure, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Rocki sat in a high chair while tugging on the long, black wig that was on her head.
    — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of tugging

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“Hauling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hauling. Accessed 5 Nov. 2026.

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