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or chaperon
as in to accompany
to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship
three parents will chaperone the students on the school trip
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Recent Examples of chaperone
Sara Holdren, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026
At the beginning, the couple would always be chaperoned by a third person.
—Rachel Clarke, CNN Money, 22 Feb. 2026
Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026
The couple played chaperone to her niece at the actor's premiere, where Amal wore a playful Antonio Berardi fit-and-flare dress and silver heels.
—Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE, 4 Feb. 2026
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Verb
But Marcel, his older brother, and their cousin, Georges Loinger, posed as Boy Scout leaders taking their troops camping, then chaperoned their charges through perilous train journeys and hiked with them through the Alps to Switzerland.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026
At the beginning, the couple would always be chaperoned by a third person.
—Rachel Clarke, CNN Money, 22 Feb. 2026
Noun
Lilian, alongside six other parents, was a chaperon to the forty children on the five-day trip.
—Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026
The couple played chaperone to her niece at the actor's premiere, where Amal wore a playful Antonio Berardi fit-and-flare dress and silver heels.
—Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE, 4 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chaperone
Verb
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And those who know Gilbert & Sullivan’s repertoire will be thrilled with the accompanying concert of G&S favorites.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
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An isolated severe storm is possible with pea to half dollar sized hail accompanied by strong downburst winds.—
Trey Fulbright,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Energy and shipping experts believe that many tankers are unlikely to feel safe making the trip through the strait — escorts or no escorts — unless either there's a formal end to the war, or Iran's ability to hit ships with drones and missiles is severely degraded.—
Joe Walsh,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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Looks like Leader John Thune is on his way out of town with his private escort, as the SAVE America Act gets left behind.—
Molly Parks,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Mar. 2026
Noun
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From parents getting their students ready for school, bus drivers getting them there, the nurses, cafeteria staff, teachers.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 Apr. 2026
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Franklin spent the first 29 years of his career in Sand Springs Public Schools as a special education teacher, principal and district administrator.—
Nuria Martinez-Keel,
Oklahoma Voice,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The report also found that a guide and client who fell behind due to a ski binding malfunction avoided being caught in the avalanche — and later helped rescue others.—
Ethan Baron,
Mercury News,
4 Apr. 2026
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For business owners, Townshend’s bold decision and ensuing success, including among other accolades a spot on Rolling Stone’s list of the 100 greatest albums of the 1980s, offers an instructive guide to self-belief.—
Paul Fitzgerald,
Rolling Stone,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Host governments must meet their obligations under international human rights law, while FIFA, national FAs and sponsors all have clear responsibilities to respect human rights and use their significant leverage to protect fans, players, journalists, workers and local communities.—
Toby Meyjes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
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Far-right lawmaker Limor Son Har-Melech, one of the bill’s original sponsors, wiped tears from her eyes.—
Julia Frankel,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The slot attendant counted lots of hundred-dollar bills into my outstretched hand.—
Letters to the Editor,
Hartford Courant,
27 Mar. 2026
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After climbing into a stainless-steel tub, the attendant pulled a plug.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Keller girls basketball coach Kate Goldberg shared a moment with her former star before the game and previously had gushed about her work ethic and mentality.—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
31 Mar. 2026
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But the coaches are trying to be smart, looking at the long run.—
John Maffei,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Dunk and Egg set out from the Ashford tourney on horseback to explore the world, now officially as hedge knight and squire.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Mar. 2026
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Set a century before the events of Game of Thrones and 72 years after House of the Dragon, A Knight of Seven Kingdom follows two unlikely heroes wandering Westeros … a young, naïve but courageous knight, Ser Duncan the Tall (Peter Claffey), and his diminutive squire, Egg (Dexter Sol Ansell).—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Chaperone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chaperone. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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