tows 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of tow
as in pulls
to cause to follow by applying steady force on towed the car into the shop for repair

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tows

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noun

plural of tow
as in tugs

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Recent Examples of tows
Verb
The Wingcube is a tall, narrow box that tows easily on top of a separate trailer. — New Atlas, 15 Feb. 2026 The Santa Cruz tows 3,500 pounds with the base engine or 5,000 pounds with all-wheel drive. — James Raia, Mercury News, 23 Nov. 2025
Noun
Fewer tows have happened at Berkeley Heights since the law passed, according to Waterbury tow logs. — Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tows
  1. pulls
  2. tugs
  3. hauls
  4. draws
  5. drags
  6. jerks
Verb
  • The strategy pulls shoppers in with events, classes, concerts and attractions rather than relying on transactions alone.
    — Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 22 July 2026
  • The system also pulls from more than 100 million products in Alibaba’s catalog and over two decades of trade data to help identify sourcing opportunities in the first place.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 22 July 2026
Definition of pulls
Noun
  • Momentus’ spacecraft can also serve as space tugs to ferry smaller satellites or experiments from one orbit to another.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 9 July 2026
  • Here, fat-tire bicycles seem to outnumber cars, hours are measured in sunscreen applications and tugs on fishing lines, and island nightlife belongs to nesting sea turtles.
    — Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 7 July 2026
Definition of tugs
Verb
  • Even if the House hauls the budget resolution forward, Johnson’s strategy faces uncertainty in the Senate.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026
  • Having already been booked for a foul on Brobbey, Fofana hauls down Wilson Isidor and earns his club’s eighth red card of the Premier League season.
    — Andy Naylor, New York Times, 24 May 2026
Definition of hauls
Noun
  • The singles event will start Thursday July 20, with 64-player draws; men’s and women’s doubles will have 32-player draws and mixed doubles 16.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 24 July 2026
  • The club now sits at 4 wins, 10 losses, 2 draws (14 points), just six points off a playoff spot but with plenty of congestion in between.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026
Definition of draws
Verb
  • The revision came amid scrutiny of the administration’s handling of casualty data as the Middle East conflict drags on.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 24 July 2026
  • Raimundo Orsi, Italy vs Czechoslovakia, 1934 Orsi drags Italy level with nine minutes to go, controlling a bouncing ball and turning superbly in the box to fire past Czech goalkeeper and captain Frantisek Planicka.
    — Adam Hurrey, New York Times, 17 July 2026
Definition of drags
Noun
  • After Game 4, jerks were throwing things at Victor Wembanyama.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 13 June 2026
  • Something from this article might put me on some Ben Shapiro list, where a bunch of jerks literally will just call me ‘f****t’ or worse on my social media.
    — William Earl, Variety, 10 June 2026
Definition of jerks

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