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chaperoned

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verb

past tense of chaperone

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Recent Examples of chaperoned
Verb
Kennywood is lowering the age of kids required to be chaperoned to 15 and requiring that they be supervised all day. Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 8 June 2026 Suzanna is chaperoned by her grandfather. Julius Taranto, The Atlantic, 1 June 2026 Parents are urged to make sure that all group trips are properly chaperoned. Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 3 Apr. 2026 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 Instead, starting at age 11, Connor was chaperoned by coach and mechanic Gary Willis and developed a unique sense of independence and worldliness as a result of his travels. Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026 Jennifer Brent, the Sacramento SPCA CEO, chaperoned Gold Nugget to the Puppy Bowl shoot in New York in the fall. Bee Staff february 6, Sacbee.com, 6 Feb. 2026 Reardon, McGlynn and Syrianoudis chaperoned 41 players on the trip. Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 17 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chaperoned
Adjective
  • The department says Archaga-Elvir was arrested in Texas as an accompanied minor in 2015, but he was released by the Obama administration.
    Preston Mizell, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • But when the ground shakes, the lights flicker and the dancers feel the coming of Old Deuteronomy, Buteau and Peppermint are escorted offstage to spend the rest of the show snapping their fans as audience members.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2026
  • Police escorted the woman to her unit, but asked permission to enter, saying a sweatshirt related to the shooting was in her apartment.
    Zaire Breedlove, Charlotte Observer, 23 June 2026

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“Chaperoned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chaperoned. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.

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