haul freight

Frequency: 7.413.5 per million words

To pull or drag goods, often over long distances.

freightVERB + FREIGHT

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haul

Examples (10)

  • Independent truckers haul freight across state lines every night.
  • The new electric locomotive can haul heavier freight up steep grades.
  • The railroad has hauled agricultural freight for over a century.
  • Drivers were hauling oversized freight under a special permit.
  • By dawn, the barge had hauled the freight upriver.
  • In peak season, they must haul perishable freight on tight schedules.
  • Is your company licensed to haul hazardous freight?
  • Thousands of containers of freight are hauled by road each week.
  • The union refuses to haul freight during the strike.
  • They specialize in hauling refrigerated freight between distribution centers.