Simon Gitau, from the Kenya Wildlife Service, agreed after counting the 638 ivory pieces that the haul was a "big catch".

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The league's leading points scorer weighed in with another big haul as Wigan won on a day when nearest rivals Warrington went down at Hull KR.

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Every time she came over he had to haul it out so she could make a big stink about the woodgrain.

NEWYORKER: Tenth of December

The Dreamliner's use of lightweight composite materials to greatly improve fuel economy has made it a big seller in Asia and the Middle East, where long-haul flights account for much of an airline's business.

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He drove the thing back to Minnesota in a U-Haul, but then realized part of it was too big to get into his building.

FORBES: Shucking Petroleum

The big idea that bubbled up through the chain of command was a long-haul counter-insurgency campaign.

ECONOMIST: Lexington

Such a partnership could see big cost savings for the carrier, by herding short-haul passengers into trains and focusing on more profitable long-haul plane trips.

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To take one example, at Wounded Knee in South Dakota, the site of the last big battle with the Indians in 1890, where almost 200 Sioux were killed, there was a rich haul of artifacts.

ECONOMIST: Walter Farmer

Boeing is still sounding out customers about a 747 big enough to carry 500 passengers (about 100 more than the jumbos that fly on long-haul routes today), but has already reworked the 747's electronics and digitised the original fuselage drawings, which date back to the 1960s.

ECONOMIST: Aircraft manufacture