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 Officials said the fire started due to a dispute involving a vehicle that had been towed from the apartment complex. — Michelle Richardson, CBS News, 12 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
  • Shohei Ohtani emerged from the visiting dugout at American Family Field with a bat in his hand, and the mass of media members scattered in foul territory up the third-base line shifted his way, pulled by the magnetic force that is Ohtani’s stardom.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
  • On Wednesday, the Congressional Leadership Fund, the House Republicans' super PAC, effectively dropped its push to boost Tijerina and pulled millions of dollars in ads from the district, a person familiar with the decision confirmed.
    — Justin Papp, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • However, with five minutes left in regulation and Penn State threatening to score, Becht was hauled down while scrambling and fumbled the ball, which was recovered by Michigan.
    — Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
  • After a brief exchange, officers hauled him into a police vehicle and drove away.
    — Sheikh Saaliq, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Police say the truck trapped and dragged the child before stopping.
    — DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • But as the war dragged on and energy costs climbed, his tone changed.
    — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026

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“Towed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/towed. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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