Example Sentences

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Major tech companies, including Microsoft and Amazon.com, are hauling nuclear reactors back to life for their energy-hungry data centers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025

Fortunately, the birds arrive just as hordes of horseshoe crabs are hauling themselves up onto shore, laying eggs by the thousands.

From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2023

They want standards for the trackside detectors used to help identify equipment problems, more notice to states about hazardous chemicals they are hauling, and at least two people at the helm of freight trains.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 31, 2023

Depending on what you are hauling, you may need tie-downs, furniture blankets or a dolly.

From Washington Post • Aug. 2, 2022

It's a shot I could make with my eyes closed—except that the legionnaires are hauling the harness back up the cliff face and into the tower.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir