tow truck
noun
: a truck with winches and hoist mechanisms for freeing stuck vehicles and towing wrecked or disabled vehicles
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Their pickup truck hit a tow truck in the outer lane of the freeway at high speed, which caused westbound lanes to shut down for several hours, as per the Arizona Department of Transportation.
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Marina Watts, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024
Give that civically minded citizen who cleaned up after other hikers a tow truck and license to remove vehicles parked illegally or owned by litterers.
—Krista Kafer, The Denver Post, 3 Oct. 2024
The tow truck lights were still flashing and the driver’s door opened when the first deputy arrived on the scene in the early morning hours of Wednesday, June 12.
—Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 18 June 2024
Even with emergency lights flashing, as these cops assisted a tow truck, a pickup on M-59 slammed into them one minute before midnight on Saturday, Aug. 19.
—Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 25 May 2024
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Marina Watts, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024
Give that civically minded citizen who cleaned up after other hikers a tow truck and license to remove vehicles parked illegally or owned by litterers.
—Krista Kafer, The Denver Post, 3 Oct. 2024
The tow truck lights were still flashing and the driver’s door opened when the first deputy arrived on the scene in the early morning hours of Wednesday, June 12.
—Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 18 June 2024
Even with emergency lights flashing, as these cops assisted a tow truck, a pickup on M-59 slammed into them one minute before midnight on Saturday, Aug. 19.
—Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 25 May 2024
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“Tow truck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tow%20truck. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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