haul up

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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

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

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

But it can still tow up to 9,390 pounds and haul up to 1,610.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 21, 2016

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