tow truck
noun
: a truck with winches and hoist mechanisms for freeing stuck vehicles and towing wrecked or disabled vehicles
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Interstates 55 and 22 remained closed in northern Mississippi as emergency crews used tow trucks and snowplows to clear the highways.
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Arkansas Online, 30 Jan. 2026
Seagoville first responders and a tow truck driver saved a 39-year-old man from drowning in a drainage culvert during the winter storm Tuesday afternoon, police said in a statement Thursday.
—Elissa Jorgensen, Dallas Morning News, 29 Jan. 2026
Interstates 55 and 22 were closed in northern Mississippi as emergency crews with tow trucks and snowplows continued to work Thursday toward reopening the major highways.
—Sophie Bates, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
Police were seen impounding a car and a tow truck at the gas station late Wednesday morning.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
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Arkansas Online, 30 Jan. 2026
Seagoville first responders and a tow truck driver saved a 39-year-old man from drowning in a drainage culvert during the winter storm Tuesday afternoon, police said in a statement Thursday.
—Elissa Jorgensen, Dallas Morning News, 29 Jan. 2026
Interstates 55 and 22 were closed in northern Mississippi as emergency crews with tow trucks and snowplows continued to work Thursday toward reopening the major highways.
—Sophie Bates, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
Police were seen impounding a car and a tow truck at the gas station late Wednesday morning.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
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“Tow truck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tow%20truck. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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