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Recent Examples of tow
Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
This benefit includes up to 150 miles of towing, rental car reimbursement and trip interruption protection.
—Danny Smith, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026
While the legislature required most involuntary tows from apartments to be triggered by specific complaints, residents said towing companies are continuing to patrol public housing and low-income apartment complexes and tow cars for minor violations.
—Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2026
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Verb
Any vehicles in violation will be towed.
—Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
This benefit includes up to 150 miles of towing, rental car reimbursement and trip interruption protection.
—Danny Smith, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
Noun
After finally getting the teen on the board, Sergeant Nathan Walsh threw a tow strap to Will, troopers said.
—Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026
While the legislature required most involuntary tows from apartments to be triggered by specific complaints, residents said towing companies are continuing to patrol public housing and low-income apartment complexes and tow cars for minor violations.
—Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tow
Verb
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As the Moon moves into Sagittarius, your 12th House of Reflection becomes more active, pulling you inward to process before acting.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
3 May 2026
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The combination creates a vortex effect, which pulls hot ash, embers and debris into a spinning column.—
Blanca Begert,
Los Angeles Times,
3 May 2026
Noun
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These planetesimals interact, collide, smash one another apart and/or get stuck together, and gravitationally tug on one another.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
30 Apr. 2026
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An all-in-one matte essential, this no-tug formula is infused with shea butter and jojoba oil, applying smoothly over fine lines on mature lips without dragging.—
Micaela English,
Glamour,
30 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The new law, which took effect in October, requires tow truck companies to give owners notice before hauling away a car for minor issues like failing to display an apartment complex’s parking permit or parking in the wrong space.—
Ginny Monk,
Hartford Courant,
28 Apr. 2026
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The new law, which took effect in October, requires tow truck companies to give owners notice before hauling away a car for minor issues like failing to display an apartment complex’s parking permit or parking in the wrong space.—
Ginny Monk,
ProPublica,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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There’s also concern about the war’s drag on US-China ties, a relationship Beijing wants to keep steady in order to reduce friction on its own global ambitions.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
6 May 2026
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Still, there is evidence that for many lower-income people, the spike in gas prices is a big drag on their finances.—
Christopher Rugaber,
Fortune,
6 May 2026
Noun
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But higher oil prices this time around may throw a wrench into that scenario as the vital Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of the Persian Gulf remains blockaded.—
Sean Conlon,
CNBC,
4 May 2026
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The moon’s clash with Uranus throws a wrench in routines.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
3 May 2026
Noun
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This freedom from conventional assumptions was, for me, both the draw of debate and its abiding lesson.—
Eli Durst,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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The Courage, meanwhile, fell to two wins, three draws and two losses.—
The Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
3 May 2026
Noun
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Here, witches are real — and so are jerks.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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The passengers include the requisite obnoxious jerk, Dan (Angus Sampson), already throwing his weight around and breaking no-smoking rules at LAX.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Tow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tow. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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