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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
Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026
Lilian, alongside six other parents, was a chaperon to the forty children on the five-day trip.
—Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 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
Bright and early the next morning, Mustapha Abdelfatah, a bespectacled translator-chaperone, and a beefy driver-bodyguard named Slimane Labaoui, who, in a bit of cross-cultural typecasting, played a warrior in Gladiator, met me in the forecourt of Dar Ahlam.
—Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026
Lilian, alongside six other parents, was a chaperon to the forty children on the five-day trip.
—Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chaperone
Verb
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Common symptoms can include numbness or tingling, slurred speech, electric-shock sensations accompanying certain neck movements, trouble walking or not being able to walk at all, partial or complete loss of vision, among others, according to the clinic.—
Anika Reed,
USA Today,
17 Apr. 2026
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Its induction is accompanied by the establishment of dedicated units focused on managing and deploying autonomous maritime systems, signaling a structural as well as technological shift in naval strategy.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Apr. 2026
Noun
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She was also believed to be working as an escort at the time of her disappearance, the documents said.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
11 Apr. 2026
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Karen Vergata, a 34-year-old escort from Manhattan, went missing in February 1996.—
Nicki Brown,
CNN Money,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Pat Molnar, a teacher at Redlands High School for three decades, is one of many critics of the district's new policy and whether it is being implemented fairly.—
Lesley Marin,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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The governors’ endorsements of Turning Point USA, to the exclusion of other student clubs, has come under criticism from teachers unions and civil liberties groups.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Intentionally, there is no permanent Tunnel Projects sign anywhere in the complex, though a small map on a signpost is set out inconspicuously at a side entrance, and a paper guide is taped to the wall next to the ground-floor elevator, which is hidden in an alcove.—
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
17 Apr. 2026
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The guide spans decades-old gems like The Diamond and Lupie’s alongside spots like Bird Pizzeria and Fin & Fino, proving Charlotte’s food diversity rivals any major city.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
17 Apr. 2026
Noun
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There will be tree maintenance displays and information booths from event sponsors.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Apr. 2026
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Rue catches up with her sponsor, Ali (Colman Domingo), next.—
Selome Hailu,
Variety,
13 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In 2025, New Jersey had more than 1,900 gas stations and roughly 10,000 workers in the Auto & Watercraft Service Attendant category, which includes gas station attendants.—
Laura Kiniry,
Popular Science,
9 Apr. 2026
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The book follows people with disabilities who attend an adult day care center in Southern California as well as some of the neurotypical attendants who care for them.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
5 Apr. 2026
Noun
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John Tortorella was hired as head coach in June 2022, helped establish a culture, had the young Flyers overachieving and then wore out his welcome — such is life as an NHL head coach and especially one named John Tortorella.—
Tom Dougherty,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2026
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Vegas has not lost in regulation since coach John Tortorella (6-0-1) took over after Bruce Cassidy was fired.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Apr. 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 20 Apr. 2026.
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