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Recent Examples of tow
Literary Hub, 27 May 2026
Road trips are easy, towing range is fantastic, and there’s still something deeply satisfying about covering 700-plus miles on a single tank.
—New Atlas, 27 May 2026
Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 28 May 2026
Premier plans add one day of a rental car with a tow, as well as travel benefits like international driving permits and four sets of passport photos.
—Liz Knueven, CNBC, 26 May 2026
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Verb
Beekeepers now crisscross the country in semi-trucks to pollinate our crops, towing thousands of bee colonies from one blooming pasture to the next like cattle ranchers on wheels.
—Literary Hub, 27 May 2026
Road trips are easy, towing range is fantastic, and there’s still something deeply satisfying about covering 700-plus miles on a single tank.
—New Atlas, 27 May 2026
Noun
When Conradt failed to appear, the production relocated to his house with law enforcement in tow.
—Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 28 May 2026
Premier plans add one day of a rental car with a tow, as well as travel benefits like international driving permits and four sets of passport photos.
—Liz Knueven, CNBC, 26 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tow
Verb
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Roberts pulled Sasaki with runners on first and second in the sixth.—
Liana Handler,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2026
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Tovar ambushed Kilian’s first offering, pulling a two-run homer over the left-field fence to hand the Giants their fourth straight loss.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
30 May 2026
Noun
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Output and downtime tug hard as the intuitive Moon activates your 6th House of Work and Health, opposing fiery Mars in your 12th House of Solitude.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
28 May 2026
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Your 2nd House of Resources faces a tug as temperamental Moon opposes aching Chiron in your 8th House of Intimacy and Resources, asking for careful boundaries.—
Tarot.com,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 May 2026
Verb
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What do a pet waste management company, a junk hauling service and disaster restoration specialists have in common?—
Mirtha Donastorg,
AJC.com,
2 June 2026
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One man might describe how he was tortured as a prisoner of war, or another might recall the day his brother was hauled away from their home, never to be seen again.—
Deborah Treisman,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
Noun
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Dining at Shuffletown Grill The restaurant opened as an ode to the Shuffletown Dragway, a nearby drag-racing strip that got its start in the 1950s and closed in the 1990s.—
Heidi Finley,
Charlotte Observer,
3 June 2026
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Santos also made international headlines after old images of him in drag emerged.—
Matt Lavietes,
NBC news,
3 June 2026
Noun
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Unpredictable hours, loud noises, finicky clients, wrenches, needles.—
Jane Bua,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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But a playercount wrench is being thrown into the works, as Bungie has now made this Marathon’s first free week, not weekend, which will begin with the season 2 launch on June 2, tomorrow, and run through the following week.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
Noun
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The pools and beach area are a big draw for guests, but there is also a local membership option.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 June 2026
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The regulatory amendments approved Tuesday allows two existing draw games — Megabucks and Mass Cash — also to be available via the iLottery platform.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
31 May 2026
Noun
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His profession is to be the screaming jerk on reality shows, and his house burns down.—
Mekishana Pierre,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 May 2026
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These measurements enabled scientists to identify sudden changes linked to the Pacific reversal and a geomagnetic disturbance known as the 2017 geomagnetic jerk.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
25 May 2026
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“Tow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tow. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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