haul up

Example Sentences

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Then it will take more time to hunt and haul up the wreckage.

From Scientific American • Mar. 17, 2023

WSU signed seven Division I transfers in January, bringing their offseason recruiting haul up to 30 players — a class that also includes five junior college products who joined the program in December.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 4, 2023

“They were originally designed to haul up abalone, but they overfished it from San Francisco to San Diego. Now, they’re used to harvest sea urchin.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2021

She would interrupt herself so we could watch lobster fishermen haul up their traps, help the crew raise the 500-pound anchor or refuel after an intense knitting session.

From Washington Post • Oct. 12, 2017

Only then did he reach down in his pants pockets, haul up an old leather pouch tied with a wax string and count out old green pennies that looked like junk too.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith