companioned

verb

past tense of companion
as in accompanied
to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship movie heroes are often companioned by wisecracking sidekicks

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  1. accompanied
  2. escorted
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  • Improved compliance across much of the fishing fleet has been accompanied by increasingly sophisticated attempts by a smaller group of offenders to avoid detection.
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 16 July 2026
  • The premiere of the ten-episode season kicks off with Hawkins, late for his tee time at a lesser golf tournament, barreling into the country-club parking lot in his tour bus, accompanied by his trusty caddie, Old Henry (Keith David).
    — Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 16 July 2026
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  • Rattin, who died last Saturday at age 89, refused to leave the field and had to be escorted off by police.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2026
  • The inmate, according to the sheriff's office, asked to use a bathroom and was escorted to one by a deputy.
    — Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 13 July 2026
Definition of escorted
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“Companioned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/companioned. Accessed 18 Jul. 2026.

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