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 body was found days after what would have been the teen’s 15th birthday, although she is believed to have been dead possibly for weeks in the trunk of the car, which had been parked for several weeks in the Hollywood Hills before it was towed.
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City News Service, Daily News, 17 Apr. 2026
The eastbound lanes of the interstate were closed for 5 hours while vehicles were towed from the scene and victims were checked out by first responders.
—Jesse Sarles, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
Investigators ordered a suspect vehicle towed from the 15800 block of Carse Avenue to the department garage for further processing, police said.
—Dennis Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
The spokesperson said the bus was expected to be towed out soon.
—David Clarey, jsonline.com, 14 Apr. 2026
The father and son were towed to Elko to get another rental vehicle and at some point, both relatives entered the airport restroom and came back out.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2026
The trailer's low gross weight rating also ensures it can be towed with a standard Class B driver's license.
—New Atlas, 9 Apr. 2026
An entirely new rig was towed from an Oakland shipyard and installed just to the east of the platform.
—Jeffrey Marlow, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
The Malta Today newspaper reported that the tanker was towed to the limits of Malta’s search and rescue zone.
—ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
City News Service, Daily News, 17 Apr. 2026
The eastbound lanes of the interstate were closed for 5 hours while vehicles were towed from the scene and victims were checked out by first responders.
—Jesse Sarles, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
Investigators ordered a suspect vehicle towed from the 15800 block of Carse Avenue to the department garage for further processing, police said.
—Dennis Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
The spokesperson said the bus was expected to be towed out soon.
—David Clarey, jsonline.com, 14 Apr. 2026
The father and son were towed to Elko to get another rental vehicle and at some point, both relatives entered the airport restroom and came back out.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2026
The trailer's low gross weight rating also ensures it can be towed with a standard Class B driver's license.
—New Atlas, 9 Apr. 2026
An entirely new rig was towed from an Oakland shipyard and installed just to the east of the platform.
—Jeffrey Marlow, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
The Malta Today newspaper reported that the tanker was towed to the limits of Malta’s search and rescue zone.
—ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for towed
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Weathers was charged an additional run after issuing a leadoff walk in the sixth and getting pulled from the game.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
15 Apr. 2026
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The picture represented every second of invisible labor that pulled me away from the little people who mattered most to me, all the work that stole my ability to be present in those moments and remember them, too.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Los Angeles Fire Department investigators are looking into a pair of fires that broke out inside of Amazon cargo containers being hauled through downtown Los Angeles in back-to-back weeks.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Not the typical tacky amusement park with cigarette-smoking carnies indifferently pulling the levers on rides battered from being hauled from place to place.—
Mark Lane,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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The officer grabbed me and said 'you're arrested,' and just put me in handcuffs and drug and dragged me out.—
Mahsa Saeidi,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Baker, still by himself, grabbed Rivera’s bulletproof vest and dragged her to the first-floor lobby, where he was met by other responding Chicago Police Department officers.—
Sam Charles,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Towed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/towed. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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