HALED Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

haled

verb

past tense of hale

as in hauled

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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The capsule recovery was quick, with it being hauled up onto a SpaceX vessel in less than an hour.

— Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026
On Monday, workers hauled out a 200-pound piece of equipment that was ruined by the saltwater and sand carried in on the high tides.

— Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026

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Shohei Ohtani emerged from the visiting dugout at American Family Field with a bat in his hand, and the mass of media members scattered in foul territory up the third-base line shifted his way, pulled by the magnetic force that is Ohtani’s stardom.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
On Wednesday, the Congressional Leadership Fund, the House Republicans' super PAC, effectively dropped its push to boost Tijerina and pulled millions of dollars in ads from the district, a person familiar with the decision confirmed.

— Justin Papp, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026

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