tow truck
noun
: a truck with winches and hoist mechanisms for freeing stuck vehicles and towing wrecked or disabled vehicles
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Waymo, from Google parent company Alphabet, recalled its entire fleet after two of its vehicles hit the same tow truck on the same day.
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Joe Hindy, PCMAG, 10 Apr. 2024
Waymo recently had to recall its own cars after two of its cars hit the same tow truck within minutes of one another.
—Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 5 Apr. 2024
Even with graders, plows and tractors to help them clear snow, emergency personnel and tow trucks struggled to reach motorists for hours, some of whom were forced to abandon their cars on the highway.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2024
The tow truck, part of the highway administration’s CHART program, arrived to help.
—Martin Weil, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2024
The fatal strike happened on Clarkson Avenue in East Flatbush after a 30-year-old tow truck driver arrived around 8:45 p.m. to remove a car parked illegally, according to police.
—Nbc New York, NBC News, 18 Mar. 2024
While waiting for the tow truck, another vehicle — driven by a 39-year-old woman — struck the side of the sergeant’s vehicle.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2024
Thomas quickly arrived at the gas station and got into an argument with the tow truck driver.
—Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 19 Mar. 2024
The tow truck driver had begun repossessing 58-year-old Samad Green's 2013 Ford Escape while Green was inside the library, officials said in a news release Wednesday afternoon.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 13 Mar. 2024
Joe Hindy, PCMAG, 10 Apr. 2024
Waymo recently had to recall its own cars after two of its cars hit the same tow truck within minutes of one another.
—Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 5 Apr. 2024
Even with graders, plows and tractors to help them clear snow, emergency personnel and tow trucks struggled to reach motorists for hours, some of whom were forced to abandon their cars on the highway.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2024
The tow truck, part of the highway administration’s CHART program, arrived to help.
—Martin Weil, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2024
The fatal strike happened on Clarkson Avenue in East Flatbush after a 30-year-old tow truck driver arrived around 8:45 p.m. to remove a car parked illegally, according to police.
—Nbc New York, NBC News, 18 Mar. 2024
While waiting for the tow truck, another vehicle — driven by a 39-year-old woman — struck the side of the sergeant’s vehicle.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2024
Thomas quickly arrived at the gas station and got into an argument with the tow truck driver.
—Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 19 Mar. 2024
The tow truck driver had begun repossessing 58-year-old Samad Green's 2013 Ford Escape while Green was inside the library, officials said in a news release Wednesday afternoon.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 13 Mar. 2024
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“Tow truck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tow%20truck. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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