as in pulling
to cause to follow by applying steady force on
the fishermen haled the huge net onto the deck of the ship
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Recent Examples of haling
Lyft’s leading competitor, Uber, the country’s largest ride-haling service, is not a party to the settlement.
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Steve Karnowski, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2026
Lyft’s leading competitor, Uber, the country’s largest ride-haling service, is not a party to the settlement.
—Steve Karnowski, Twin Cities, 11 Mar. 2026
Lyft's leading competitor, Uber, the country's largest ride-haling service, is not a party to the settlement.
—ABC News, 11 Mar. 2026
Steve Karnowski, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2026
Lyft’s leading competitor, Uber, the country’s largest ride-haling service, is not a party to the settlement.
—Steve Karnowski, Twin Cities, 11 Mar. 2026
Lyft's leading competitor, Uber, the country's largest ride-haling service, is not a party to the settlement.
—ABC News, 11 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for haling
Verb
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The Wall Street wine guys of the eighties, now elderly, seem to be pulling the ladder up behind them.—
Hannah Goldfield,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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This entire island’s economy used to depend on them pulling the heavy wooden wheels of old-school olive presses.—
Jennifer Leigh Parker,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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The film eliminated even a gesture toward a plot while showing solitary nonprofessional and real-life ranch-hand Misael Saavedra chopping and hauling logs in the Argentinian hinterlands (in actuality, Alonso’s family’s ranch).—
Vadim Rizov,
IndieWire,
16 May 2026
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In terms of where to beach, wide stretches of sand in Beach Haven remain some of the Jersey Shore’s most desirable, drawing surfers at sunrise, families hauling coolers and striped umbrellas by midday, and sunset walkers lingering until the sky fades pink over the dunes.—
Jessica Chapel,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 May 2026
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The uncanny vision is made even eerier when Hoop spots her late mother dragging her five children through the human tide.—
Philip Sherburne,
Pitchfork,
19 May 2026
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The complaint states that Sorsby only has until June 22 to make a decision regarding the NFL Supplemental Draft, and the NCAA is dragging its feet in this process.—
Trey Wallace OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
18 May 2026
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“Haling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/haling. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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