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 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 Polygamous sect leader sentenced to 24 additional years in prison for hauling girls in unventilated trailer in Arizona. — ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026 The Falcon 9's upper stage, meanwhile, continued hauling the Starlink satellites skyward. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Still hauling out a heavy upright vacuum for everyday cleaning? — Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE, 19 Aug. 2026 That combination could help soldiers spend less time hauling equipment and more time focused on combat tasks. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2026 Like most neighborhood kids, Wang was obliged to help with household chores after class, especially churning soymilk by endlessly hauling his uncle’s giant stone mill around. — Charlie Campbell, Time, 18 Aug. 2026 In Hohlt Park, volunteers dug through the volleyball court to fill sand bags before hauling them off to barricade weak spots on the levee where water still threatened to seep through. — Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 17 Aug. 2026

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Why TikTok livestream selling can drive big sales Three forces are pulling sellers toward livestream commerce, and Duplantis’s numbers reflect all of them.

— Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 30 Aug. 2026
Wildfire risk is pushing insurers to underwrite hotels based on physical resilience rather than location alone, and carriers are pulling back from some markets entirely.

— Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of pulling

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Washington claimed that the launchers were preparing to fire rockets carrying sea mines into the Hormuz Strait.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
Two supertankers carrying Saudi oil were struck on Monday, undermining the White House’s claims that the Strait of Hormuz is safe for navigation.

— Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of carrying

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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
The officer ordered him to stop, but the man continued driving, dragging the officer a short distance.

— Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of dragging

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Up there, high-altitude winds take over, transporting the smoke thousands of miles across the continent.

— Michael A. Robinson, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026
The vessel transporting iron ore to China was carrying 24 crew members, including 20 Chinese nationals, three Myanmar nationals and one Bangladeshi, according to the coast guard.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of transporting

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As with most of the military’s statements on strikes in the eastern Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea, the Pentagon did not provide evidence that the vessel was ferrying drugs.

— Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026
Recent reports have pointed to Russia ferrying materiel to Iran and North Korea deploying drone operators in support of Moscow, while China and Taiwan are both learning lessons from the conflict in Ukraine.

— Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of ferrying

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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
Other players rushed to the scene, with linebacker Dre Greenlaw tugging right tackle Colton McKivitz to the ground, prompting fullback Kyle Juszczyk to enter the fray and a dogpile ensued.

— Cam Inman, Mercury News, 31 July 2026

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