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Recent Examples of tow
Alex Sundby, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2025
State of play: Unlike towing, which is regulated statewide, the booting industry is monitored via a patchwork of local ordinances approved by cities and counties.
—Kristal Dixon, Axios, 31 Mar. 2025
ArsTechnica, 4 Apr. 2025
Interestingly, these tow plants also pair well in cooking.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 4 Apr. 2025
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Verb
The soldiers went missing last Tuesday while conducting a mission to repair and tow an immobilized tactical vehicle.
—Alex Sundby, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2025
State of play: Unlike towing, which is regulated statewide, the booting industry is monitored via a patchwork of local ordinances approved by cities and counties.
—Kristal Dixon, Axios, 31 Mar. 2025
Noun
The huge battery is there in large part because the Silverado EV LT is rated at a 12,500-lb (5,700 kg) tow rating.
—ArsTechnica, 4 Apr. 2025
Interestingly, these tow plants also pair well in cooking.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 4 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tow
Verb
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Brands began to pull together resources to support refugees.—
Stephan Rabimov,
Forbes,
13 Feb. 2023
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The 13-minute performance will likely call for a healthy dose of vibrant, colored lighting to pull it all together.—
Kelly Allen,
House Beautiful,
10 Feb. 2023
Noun
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For example, the sun’s gravity tugs harder on the moon than Earth’s does!—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
21 Mar. 2025
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Aviles was slapped with a red card after a tackle in the penalty area and a shirt tug that was deemed a denial of a scoring chance for New York.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
23 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Two of them grabbed him and hauled him outside.—
Graydon Carter,
The Atlantic,
14 Mar. 2025
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This morning, a semi will haul his feed to a nearby grain elevator.—
Kirk Siegler,
NPR,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Those unfamiliar with the play may lose the thread in this iambic marathon as Izzard madly dashes to and fro, making the first act drag.—
Karen D'Souza,
Mercury News,
7 Apr. 2025
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So now, my drag is definitely rounded out a lot more.—
John W. Dean,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Again, the Titans could be throwing up a smoke screen to throw off other teams from trading up or throwing a wrench in their plans.—
John W. Dean,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Apr. 2025
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Equally, a last-minute surprise near the quarter’s end throws a wrench in the works.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Shapiro says Colossal’s technique, which uses routine blood draws, yields cells that are easier to reprogram than those that come from skin—and could thus be a better way of diversifying the red wolf gene pool.—
Andrea Thompson,
Scientific American,
8 Apr. 2025
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The last two times these clubs have matched up, the result has ended in a draw.—
Gordon G. Chang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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But this Ron Howard was an alternate universe version of Ron Howard, who instead of being notoriously nice, is sort of a jerk.—
Esther Zuckerman,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2025
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Someone actually just said to me that all the men in the book are jerks.—
Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Tow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tow. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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