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 cops dragged him out and put him in the back of his tow truck.
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Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 18 Jan. 2025
If the reset doesn’t work, the next call is to Nikola for a tow truck.
—Pat Maio, Orange County Register, 16 Nov. 2024
The bright lights illuminating the bed of the tow truck were also on.
—Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel, 27 Dec. 2024
Who was the victim? Court records named a tow truck driver, Austin Steinmann, 29, who was on the bridge at the time as the victim of the fire.
—Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 11 Dec. 2024
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Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 18 Jan. 2025
If the reset doesn’t work, the next call is to Nikola for a tow truck.
—Pat Maio, Orange County Register, 16 Nov. 2024
The bright lights illuminating the bed of the tow truck were also on.
—Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel, 27 Dec. 2024
Who was the victim? Court records named a tow truck driver, Austin Steinmann, 29, who was on the bridge at the time as the victim of the fire.
—Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Tow truck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tow%20truck. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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