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 Fewer tows have happened at Berkeley Heights since the law passed, according to Waterbury tow logs. — Ginny Monk, ProPublica, 27 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tows
  1. pulls
  2. tugs
  3. hauls
  4. draws
  5. drags
  6. jerks
Verb
  • The fish gives you polish, but the chimichurri pulls it back toward Argentina, toward the grill, toward the street.
    — Rafael Peña, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026
  • Investors are trying to suss out where the Fed will take interest rates, as Warsh pulls back on how the Fed talks about its plans.
    — Matt Peterson, CNBC, 15 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
  • 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
  • According to the military newspaper Stars and Stripes, the Thunderbirds cost taxpayers about $35 million a year in salaries, aircraft, fuel, rehearsals and the C-17 cargo plane that hauls 50-plus support crew and spare parts to every stop on the tour.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 8 May 2026
Definition of hauls
Noun
  • Cape Verde, an island nation of roughly 525,000 people appearing in its first World Cup, had already held former champions Spain and Uruguay to draws, finishing second in its group, unbeaten.
    — André Martin, Fortune, 16 July 2026
  • Then, over the next four days, teams from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) went undefeated, largely through draws.
    — Juliana Kim, NPR, 16 July 2026
Definition of draws
Verb
  • 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
  • Overall, the plan is on par with a request the White House submitted to Congress last month, as the Iran war drags past four months.
    — Kevin Freking, Fortune, 15 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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