tow truck
noun
: a truck with winches and hoist mechanisms for freeing stuck vehicles and towing wrecked or disabled vehicles
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Lopes packed his things into his backpack and handed his keys over to the tow truck driver Deputy Murray had called.
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Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 6 Mar. 2025
Officers called a tow truck to help Pan get off of the tracks.
—Emma Steele, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2025
In November, the driver of a Nissan SUV crashed into a tow truck, hitting and killing its driver who was standing on the roadway tending to a disabled car on southbound Interstate 95 near Northwest 62nd Street in Miami-Dade.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2025
The scheme involved sending tow trucks to steal vehicles, which were then held hostage at Certified Auto in Buena Park, demanding cash payments for their release.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 20 Feb. 2025
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Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 6 Mar. 2025
Officers called a tow truck to help Pan get off of the tracks.
—Emma Steele, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2025
In November, the driver of a Nissan SUV crashed into a tow truck, hitting and killing its driver who was standing on the roadway tending to a disabled car on southbound Interstate 95 near Northwest 62nd Street in Miami-Dade.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2025
The scheme involved sending tow trucks to steal vehicles, which were then held hostage at Certified Auto in Buena Park, demanding cash payments for their release.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 20 Feb. 2025
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“Tow truck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tow%20truck. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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