tow truck
noun
: a truck with winches and hoist mechanisms for freeing stuck vehicles and towing wrecked or disabled vehicles
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These tow truck companies that just show up on scene, so ban accident scene solicitation in the first place.
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Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 14 Apr. 2025
After the story’s publication, the state treasurer’s office audited its deposits and determined that no tow truck company or the DMV had ever turned over money from sales in the history of the law.
—Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 8 Apr. 2025
But instead of stopping, Burnett tried to drive away, hitting a tow truck in the process, police said.
—Natalie Demaree, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2025
The tow truck driver had no idea that Monica Cameroni De Adams, 65, was inside the Honda Odyssey minivan, where the woman — who was experiencing homelessness — had been living.
—Kc Baker, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
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Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 14 Apr. 2025
After the story’s publication, the state treasurer’s office audited its deposits and determined that no tow truck company or the DMV had ever turned over money from sales in the history of the law.
—Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 8 Apr. 2025
But instead of stopping, Burnett tried to drive away, hitting a tow truck in the process, police said.
—Natalie Demaree, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2025
The tow truck driver had no idea that Monica Cameroni De Adams, 65, was inside the Honda Odyssey minivan, where the woman — who was experiencing homelessness — had been living.
—Kc Baker, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Tow truck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tow%20truck. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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