haul up
Example Sentences
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Since 2007, more than 920 humpback whales have been maimed or killed by long line ropes that commercial crabbers use to haul up cages from the sea floor.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2025
“He’s got to haul up there and catch that football.”
From Washington Post • Oct. 8, 2022
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
But it can still tow up to 9,390 pounds and haul up to 1,610.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 21, 2016
“Hey, I remember when Big Skiff built that! Lovely lines. You think you can haul up a trap all by yourself?”
From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
