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 The vehicle was towed from the water and police do not believe there are any environmental concerns as a result of the crash. — Neal Riley, CBS News, 28 Sep. 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 At the scene of the shooting, a dark blue Toyota Corolla was parked under an overpass with damage to its passenger-side door and what appeared to be bullet holes before it was towed away Sunday evening. — Anna Wilder, Los Angeles Times, 21 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 Leaf vacuums are usually large machines towed behind tractors, mowers or utility vehicles. — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for towed
Verb
  • As Findley dragged the driver from the truck, Deputy Chase Blatt, driving north on I-35, saw the fire and the driver being pulled from the truck.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Saudi slowdown Saudi Arabia’s market regulator has proposed tougher rules for IPOs in an effort to revive its flagging market, which has seen a sharp decline in listings this year, as well as several high-profile IPOs being pulled.
    — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2026
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  • Every chip and solar panel has to be hauled into orbit, and every answer those chips produce has to come back down.
    — Peter Hall, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2026
  • In a humiliating ritual, the assistant manager was marched out the door, hauled downtown for an interrogation, and accused of a despicable crime.
    — Kate Payne, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026
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  • Students sitting with arms linked at the elbows could only see in shards through a picket of shin guards, restricting their view of the area where classmates and roommates were dragged one by one and zip-tied face down on the spring grass.
    — Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
  • As Findley dragged the driver from the truck, Deputy Chase Blatt, driving north on I-35, saw the fire and the driver being pulled from the truck.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2026

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“Towed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/towed. Accessed 7 Oct. 2026.

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