as in escorting
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 chaperoning
Jonsson is Cooper’s partner, a reluctant participant in the chaperoning business.
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Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2025
Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chaperoning
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On Tuesday afternoon, the sidewalk in front of the facility had become a hive of activity – including the return of Nick Shirley – as media and Shirley supporters watched adults escorting children in and out.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
1 Jan. 2026
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He is monitored with a video camera that is attached to his escorting officer.—
Danielle Bacher,
PEOPLE,
20 Dec. 2025
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On Tuesday, Israeli volunteers with RHR were injured while accompanying Palestinian farmers in the town of Qarawat Bani Hassan.—
Zeena Saifi,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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Dakota Johnson, a Valentino ambassador who also stars in the campaign, sung McRae's praises in an accompanying essay.—
Michelle Lee,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
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Middleton first carried the Small Hudson bag from DeMellier in a rich mocha brown while attending Christmas Morning Service at Sandringham Estate.—
Emily Weaver,
PEOPLE,
10 Jan. 2026
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Among the companies attending are Chevron, which still operates in Venezuela, and ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips, which both had oil projects in the country that were lost as part of a 2007 nationalization of private businesses under Maduro’s predecessor, Hugo Chávez.—
Josh Boak,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Chaperoning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chaperoning. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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