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as in to escort
to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship
children using the pool must be accompanied by a parent at all times
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Recent Examples of accompany
An advertisement for the Résonance, which Francis Ford Coppola saved and was later found by his wife, leading to the gift, accompanies the watch, Boutros says.
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Laurie Brookins, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
According to the book, Spears was accompanied by an unnamed actress friend.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
For that event, Elizabeth, who was accompanied by Prince Philip, wore a black floor-length dress with long sleeves and paired it with black gloves, a black purse and pearl necklaces and earrings.
—Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
Lozano did not accompany the team to Portland last Saturday for its final regular-season game after what sources described as a locker room tantrum when he was subbed out at halftime of the previous game at Houston.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2025
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Laurie Brookins, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
According to the book, Spears was accompanied by an unnamed actress friend.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
For that event, Elizabeth, who was accompanied by Prince Philip, wore a black floor-length dress with long sleeves and paired it with black gloves, a black purse and pearl necklaces and earrings.
—Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
Lozano did not accompany the team to Portland last Saturday for its final regular-season game after what sources described as a locker room tantrum when he was subbed out at halftime of the previous game at Houston.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for accompany
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The game was briefly delayed as the fan was escorted out by security.—
Paulina Dedaj,
FOXNews.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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The reporters were escorted onto the plane, where LBJ was waiting to be sworn in.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
25 Oct. 2025
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Latin Music Week also coincides with the 2025 Billboard Latin Music Awards, which will air on Thursday, October 23 on Telemundo and Peacock, where Bad Bunny will be honored with the Latin Artist of the 21st Century Award.—
Natalia Cano,
Billboard,
20 Oct. 2025
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While their murders remain unsolved, Zajko has been named a person of interest in the double homicide, which coincided with her 30th birthday.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Oct. 2025
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Earlier in the day, Kardashian was spotted attending the All's Fair premiere in Paris wearing a baby blue vintage Dior by John Galliano gown from the house's Spring/Summer 2000 collection.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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More than 67,000 students attend classes at DoDEA locations in the United States and 11 other countries.—
BrieAnna J. Frank,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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The last time this happened in the Championship before this season was 2013-14, when Derby, Middlesbrough, Bolton Wanderers, Wednesday and Yeovil Town all failed to win any of their first five home matches.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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And while the end result was once again pretty anti-climactic, there were actually some other notable things happening in episode 5 of Survivor 49, so let’s make like Nate and MC on the sandbags and get to work.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Oct. 2025
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The suppression of Black voters well into the twentieth century was only ended (for the most part) with the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act (VRA), after a long and dangerous fight that saw multiple incidents of deadly violence against those advocating for equal access to the ballot.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
25 Oct. 2025
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But the biggest surprise was seeing how ineffective Liverpool’s forwards were.—
The Athletic UK Staff,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Flick will not back down from his high-line philosophy as squeezing up the pitch allows Barcelona to dominate territory and bring their technically gifted players closer to goal.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Still, experts like Taylor note that companies’ own financial interests may bring some of that into question.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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Muti has companioned with many composers throughout his life, but maybe especially with Mozart and Verdi.—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
14 June 2023
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“Accompany.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accompany. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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