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Verb
Her family fled political oppression during the Vietnam War, escaping on a cargo ship with 3-year-old Vương-Sandoval in tow, and were resettled in the U.S. as refugees.—Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, Denver Post, 6 July 2025 With their families in tow, the girls would go together to decorate their camp bracelets with charms.—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 6 July 2025
Noun
House Bill 199, which is currently slogging its way through the North Carolina legislature, seeks to limit predatory towing practices and regulate towing companies.—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 30 June 2025 Other cities including Danbury and New Britain don’t tow for unpaid tickets.—Dave Altimari, ProPublica, 30 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for tow
The 18-year-old, who goes by the nickname Eliza rather than Elizabeth, opened up about the emotional tug of war between honoring her own identity and meeting her family’s expectations in a recent Reddit post.
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Ashley Vega,
People.com,
6 July 2025
Aim to finish with a clear success - whether that's catching the toy or winning a tug game.
Just think about where your luggage has been; it gets hauled through airports, goes for a ride on a conveyor belt, rolls across dusty parking lots, is stashed into overhead bins, and is often handled by multiple people with no guarantee of clean hands.
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Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 June 2025
Those were frugal, pragmatic solutions; every stone that could be reused was another one that didn’t have to be quarried, cut, hauled, and placed.
However, Donnelly came under fire from conservative influencers and media personalities because of drag show performances that occurred during his stint commanding the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier from 2016 to 2018.
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Davis Winkie,
USA Today,
11 July 2025
Altogether, that represents a 5-cent drag on annual earnings per share, according to Charles.
However, if Lillard is planning to sign with a team this year and wants to land more than the minimum, that throws a wrench into the larger free-agent landscape.
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Bryan Toporek,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
Optimists argue the whirlwind of complaints and procedural wrenches are par for the course and part of ultimately landing the bill.
Island Pier is uniquely positioned to benefit from a similar ecotourism draw.
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Joe Sills,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
Meslier’s errors in the March 29 draw with Swansea City proved to be the final straw for the manager, but the Frenchman is understood to have held his hands up post-match.
Lisa and Jody are mad that Larsa was a jerk at Jody’s birthday party.
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Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
26 June 2025
Based on my experience, labeling someone a contrarian is just an extremely polite way of calling out a person for being a jerk who’s obsessed with the sound of their own voice.
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