tow truck
noun
: a truck with winches and hoist mechanisms for freeing stuck vehicles and towing wrecked or disabled vehicles
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Multiple viral videos on TikTok claim California tow truck drivers are banding together to stymy Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deportation efforts, but is the story real?
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Thomas Westerholm, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 July 2025
Glen in Free Willy is a basically decent, not-too-eloquent guy who owns a tow truck and is married to a schoolteacher named Annie (Jayne Atkinson).
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 4 July 2025
Yet rather than call a tow truck, the Steelers are revving the engine in the hopes their tires don’t spin in vain but find a little grip amid all that mud.
—Will Graves, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 June 2025
Her boyfriend told the tow truck driver that the car was registered to Carr’s mother and that Carr had the title and proof of insurance.
—Dave Altimari, ProPublica, 30 June 2025
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Thomas Westerholm, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 July 2025
Glen in Free Willy is a basically decent, not-too-eloquent guy who owns a tow truck and is married to a schoolteacher named Annie (Jayne Atkinson).
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 4 July 2025
Yet rather than call a tow truck, the Steelers are revving the engine in the hopes their tires don’t spin in vain but find a little grip amid all that mud.
—Will Graves, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 June 2025
Her boyfriend told the tow truck driver that the car was registered to Carr’s mother and that Carr had the title and proof of insurance.
—Dave Altimari, ProPublica, 30 June 2025
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“Tow truck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tow%20truck. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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