haul up
Example Sentences
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Sampling the zooplankton, as Johnson did, can haul up the organisms for identification, but it blurs the nuances of time and location that could indicate where each animal was in its journey.
From Scientific American • Aug. 20, 2022
Carlos is lucky because the property he rents has a well and his family can haul up buckets of water to sell to neighbors.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 19, 2022
“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
Oz and Jak headed loudly to the well to haul up a pitcher of cold water.
From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder
