haul
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A pewter tankard, a wooden junction box and a faded box containing six Christmas cards were included in the haul.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Sudden downpours can trigger mudslides—an unexpected hailstorm lashed Drolma’s SUV as she drove her haul back to town on the recent August day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
In January, Sudanese authorities showed off a haul of some 570 items taken from the national museum, including scarab-shaped amulets, along with ancient vases and figurines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
In Kanazawa, workers dressed in full-body overalls haul large blocks of ice across the factory floor, before starting on the delicate work of carving perfect spheres, cubes and rectangular blocks with cut corners.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
From there, it’s easy enough to haul myself up and a second later I’m once again lying on the top rail, gasping for breath.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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Tongue and Robinson are the first pair of England bowlers to register five-wicket hauls in the same Test innings since Steve Harmison and Monty Panesar against Pakistan at Old Trafford in 2006.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
When Albano, a full-time content creator, posts her school supply hauls on social media, a deluge of messages come in from moms desperately asking Albano to donate items to their kids.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026
Some even opt for “try-on” hauls to model their new, trendy clothes.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
Leida Bello, meanwhile, hauls her supplies home alone, where some walls are cracked and one has even collapsed.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
With an obnoxious, too-charming smile, Cardan grabs my arm and hauls me past them.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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Watch for the spikes in produce, meat and other perishable foods that have to be harvested and hauled on diesel-powered farm equipment and shipped on diesel-powered trucks.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
The Dutch sold about 59 tonnes in New York and then bought more stocks in London, meaning that amount didn't need to be hauled across the Atlantic.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
Survivors were hauled back up in baskets into the helicopter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
“We’re going to have to allow hauled water,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Then our teacher, Miss Myrt Arbuckle, hauled off and died.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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The 105 surviving crew members abandoned the vessels and began a desperate attempt to reach safety, traveling along the west coast of King William Island, Nunavut, while hauling boats on sleds.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
Pro tip: In the months leading up to the move, I also saved boxes from deliveries I received, instead of hauling them downstairs to the recycling bin.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
His job hauling buckets of sewage from the latrines was no fun.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
"Every stage is crucial," explains master cymbalsmith Hasan Seker, a burly 56-year-old who co-founded Bosphorus Cymbals in 1996 and is sweating after hauling glowing blanks into and out of the furnace.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
Dad always worked from sunup until sundown in the weeks before the first snow, trying to stockpile enough money from hauling scrap and building barns to outlast the winter, when jobs were scarce.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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