tow truck
noun
: a truck with winches and hoist mechanisms for freeing stuck vehicles and towing wrecked or disabled vehicles
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The truck will require three tow trucks to remove it, Moreno said.
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Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 31 Mar. 2026
Jonathan Kennedy, a tow truck operator, cried too.
—Emerson Clarridge
updated March 27, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2026
Too little, too late Within hours of the shooting, neighbors said, tow trucks arrived to haul away the eight cars King had parked in front of people’s mailboxes.
—Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2026
Authorities have identified the driver accused of fatally striking a tow truck driver assisting a motorist on the shoulder of Interstate 20 on Wednesday afternoon near Spur 408 and Mountain Creek Parkway.
—Doug Myers, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026
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Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 31 Mar. 2026
Jonathan Kennedy, a tow truck operator, cried too.
—Emerson Clarridge
updated March 27, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2026
Too little, too late Within hours of the shooting, neighbors said, tow trucks arrived to haul away the eight cars King had parked in front of people’s mailboxes.
—Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2026
Authorities have identified the driver accused of fatally striking a tow truck driver assisting a motorist on the shoulder of Interstate 20 on Wednesday afternoon near Spur 408 and Mountain Creek Parkway.
—Doug Myers, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026
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“Tow truck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tow%20truck. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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