towed

past tense of tow
as in pulled
to cause to follow by applying steady force on towed the car into the shop for repair

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Recent Examples of towed Chopper 3 was overhead where a Marple Newtown School District school bus could be seen, along with a sedan with front-end damage being towed. — Joe Brandt, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026 Tuesday, according to a Federal Aviation Association statement The Air Canada flight was being towed to its gate when the other plane made contact with its tail, an Air Canada spokesperson told NBC 4 news. — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026 Delta Flight 7’s left wingtip clipped the horizontal stabilizer, a part of the tail, of Air Canada Flight 785 as it was being towed to its gate, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. — Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026 So, this is better considered a prefab park model on wheels rather than a typical tiny house that will be towed around with any regularity. — New Atlas, 28 Sep. 2026 Officers stopped two of the riders, and their e-motorcycles were towed as evidence. — Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 23 Sep. 2026 The car was towed away in the early evening and traffic began moving again. — Arkansas Online, 21 Sep. 2026 Officers freed the boat from the rocks and towed it to nearby Horseshoe Cove, where it was collected for evidence by San Francisco Police, the Sheriff’s Office wrote in a Facebook statement. — Adam England, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for towed
Verb
  • Our shopping editors have done the wandering for you and pulled the furniture deals worth acting on before midnight, with some marked down by more than 50%.
    — Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Nick Pivetta yielded two runs and five hits while pitching into the fifth for the Padres, and Dustin May got pulled abruptly with a 1-0 count on Bogaerts and a runner aboard in the fourth.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The capsule recovery was quick, with it being hauled up onto a SpaceX vessel in less than an hour.
    — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026
  • On Monday, workers hauled out a 200-pound piece of equipment that was ruined by the saltwater and sand carried in on the high tides.
    — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • In that case, too, Erica and Peter not only lived nine months rent-free in the apartment until, as the case dragged on, a judge ordered them to start paying for use of the space, but Erica also criticized the conditions there.
    — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The Department of Homeland Security initially said the agent was dragged by Villegas Gonzalez' vehicle and then shot Villegas Gonzalez in self-defense.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026

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“Towed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/towed. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

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