tow

Example Sentences

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The jackup rig had been under tow to Dundee.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

“I told my wife I would love to have one of them things to represent our tow company,” Woods recalled.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

In “Man on Fire,” the intense, angry and vengeful Creasy is protecting Poe from a multilayered criminal conspiracy in Rio de Janeiro and can’t seem to keep her in tow.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

On Friday, Kumar was near the tail end of a line of around 100 people, many of them women with children in tow, at a gas dealer in Noida.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

Nehemia kissed the top of her head before walking to the door, Fleetfoot in tow.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas