Meaning of longhaul | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To travel a long distance.
   transitive
2. To transport goods over long distances.
   transitive

Examples

“Though they breed in the High Arctic summer, Arctic terns 'winter' south in the austral summer, thus living a life of perpetual summer and almost endless daylight in the classic example of 'globe-spanning'. […] Longhauling 22,000 miles a year they are the only northern breeding species which migrates regularly to Antarctic waters.”

“The words hung between them, heavy with self-recrimination. Harriet shook her head. What was the point in this? More Poor me before she long-hauled it back across the Atlantic? She had enough baggage, thank you very much.”

“Q. What would the Denver & Rio Grande Western get if it hauled that same car from Salt Lake to Pueblo and longhauled it to Santa Fe on its own branch? / A. About 26 or 27 cents.”

“[…] Foreign Trade Zone cargoes may be discharged at Berth 60 and longhauled with stevedoring equipment into Foreign Trade Zone No. 4.”

“Integrated Solid Waste Management Program, Based on Waste Reduction, Recycling, and Out-of-Country Landfilling (i.e., Longhaul): This alternative would have required the same practices for waste reduction and recycling as the previous alternative. Instead of developing a new in-county landfill, remaining solid waste would be disposed of in existing landfills and longhauled to an out-of-country landfill once the existing landfills reached their capacity.”

“You need to get into long-distance moving. […] I got a cousin in Alabama, which he's based in Birmingham, gets plenty of work long-hauling furniture and whatnot.”

“I got a couple guys who work for me part time, doing body work and painting, but I do most of the longhauling myself, delivering cars to locations.”

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