tow
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Rising fuel prices 'cost tow truck business £10k'
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
Dozens of minibikes were loaded onto tow vehicles as, behind yellow tape, parents could be seen waiting to pick up their children.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Antonelli was employed for much of the session in front of Russell to give him a tow, so to be beaten by an Alpine and be only 0.12secs ahead of Piastri was a disappointment.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
He points to his own last trip: No work to bring along, no kids in tow, no need to act like the boss or the employee.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
With our backpacks, purses, and the few provisions we still had in the car in tow, we started down the road heading east.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
“It hauls ass and tows like a beast. Metaphorically, it might as well have a Superman cape and a Captain America shield.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 2025
David Chiu, whose office later alleged that one of the couple’s companies was profiting from illegal tows.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2025
Two temporary rope tows were provided over two days.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2024
Six days a week, Mr. Sawan, 55, a father of five, tows batches of fruit that weigh 1,500 pounds to a nearby processing plant, often as planes buzz overhead, misting down pesticides.
From New York Times ● Dec. 30, 2023
The American ship tows ours with a steel braid thick as my body.
From "Inside Out and Back Again" by Thanhha Lai
They didn’t see them being towed away, they say.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
“Not that many people can say they towed a rocket, right?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
The fire department responded and checked our blood pressure and pulse, but both vehicles had to be towed from the scene.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
Emergency responders surrounded each vessel with four firefighting tugboats, separated them and towed them away from critical port infrastructure while battling the flames.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
The Hunley was originally designed to attack a ship using a torpedo-like explosive floating device that was towed at the end of a long rope.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
The boat was removed from the Santa Rosa Island beach by a towing company and transported to Ventura Harbor, the service said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
Then the light turns green and he beats them off the line even while towing a Dodge Charger on a flatbed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
They are built to meet sky-high expectations of towing, hauling and cargo versatility.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026
They’re also pursuing more tickets and towing more electric vehicles when they’re not street legal or ridden by someone who is not legally allowed certain bikes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
After a while Daniel drove up on the tractor, towing a wagon piled high with plastic chicken crates.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
