as in to escort
to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship
will convoy the shipment to its destination in the war zone
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Recent Examples of convoy
Fox News,
23 Feb. 2022
New Glasgow's town crier James Stewart recounted the story: During World War I, Halifax ported ships that were getting ready to convoy across the Atlantic.
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Emily D'alessandro,
CBS News,
25 Dec. 2021
ABC News,
18 June 2026
Every battery, fuel convoy, generator, and charging station deployed to the battlefield creates a logistical burden.
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Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
16 June 2026
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Verb
The message came as thousands of truckers are expected to convoy from various locations to the nation's capital.
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Fox News,
23 Feb. 2022
New Glasgow's town crier James Stewart recounted the story: During World War I, Halifax ported ships that were getting ready to convoy across the Atlantic.
—
Emily D'alessandro,
CBS News,
25 Dec. 2021
Noun
One such convoy, organized by the Order of Malta, a Catholic lay religious order, arrived Thursday bearing emergency livestock feed and supplies for farmers.
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ABC News,
18 June 2026
Every battery, fuel convoy, generator, and charging station deployed to the battlefield creates a logistical burden.
—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
16 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for convoy
Verb
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For his trouble, he’s escorted out of the neighborhood in his shiny Sting Ray by a foursome of menacing dirtbikes.
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In April 2025, Knowles was escorted out of a test center in Fort Lauderdale after attempting to take a test for a man who holds a non-renewable temporary reading certificate, who had last tried to test a few months earlier, the affidavit said.
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Brian Hurley predicts, meanwhile, that as more independent astronauts from around the world begin occupying the orbital rings closest to Earth, SpaceX could move to connect up small flotillas of Starships into larger interlinked clusters.
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Sail 4th 250 The largest flotilla of tall ships from across the globe will come to New York Harbor from July 3 to July 9.
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And Willoughby has been an adorable bodyguard.
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She was born on July 15, 1998 in Monaco to Stéphanie and former royal bodyguard Jean Raymond Gottlieb.
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Bilateral tensions have eased after periods of conflict, often accompanied by a revival of commercial and cultural ties.
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Bolton shared over 1,000 pages of diary-style information about his daily duties as national security advisor with his family members, according to a court filing accompanying his guilty plea.
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Speaking during a meeting of the Workers' Party's Central Committee on Monday, Kim said the navy would undergo changes to its status, role and scope of operations.
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The navy blazer is another key item, particularly double breasted with gold buttons.
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Canada got a boost in the 75th minute when star defender Alphonso Davies came on for his first World Cup action.
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Panama defender Andrés Andrade was shown a card after a foul on an England's Morgan Rogers.
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The acquisition aims to fuel Air Sprint's next phase of growth, including fleet expansion, operational enhancements, and technology investments to solidify its market leadership.
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Starting next month, the brand-new regional readiness center in Jerome will become home to Idaho’s 145th Light Support Battalion, including for maintenance of its fleet of vehicles.
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Four people were killed in the crash, the patrol said, including three people on the train and one person in the dump truck.
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The change would allow each of the country’s 36 states to create a police force that meets a minimum national requirement while the federal police retains control of counterterrorism, border patrol, organized crime and other national security issues.
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“Convoy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convoy. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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