tow truck
noun
: a truck with winches and hoist mechanisms for freeing stuck vehicles and towing wrecked or disabled vehicles
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The tow truck appeared to stop for a moment before pulling off.
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Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
My colleague Ginny Monk, who covers housing, had heard complaints from renters about tow truck companies that had contracts with their apartment complexes.
—Dave Altimari, Hartford Courant, 15 Jan. 2025
After the family was safely on shore, responders returned to the Jeep and secured it so that it could be hauled out of the water by a tow truck.
—Nwa Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 2 Jan. 2025
The cops dragged him out and put him in the back of his tow truck.
—Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 18 Jan. 2025
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Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
My colleague Ginny Monk, who covers housing, had heard complaints from renters about tow truck companies that had contracts with their apartment complexes.
—Dave Altimari, Hartford Courant, 15 Jan. 2025
After the family was safely on shore, responders returned to the Jeep and secured it so that it could be hauled out of the water by a tow truck.
—Nwa Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 2 Jan. 2025
The cops dragged him out and put him in the back of his tow truck.
—Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 18 Jan. 2025
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“Tow truck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tow%20truck. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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