as in to escort
to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship
will convoy the shipment to its destination in the war zone
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Recent Examples of convoy
Fox News,
23 Feb. 2022
New Glasgow's town crier James Stewart recounted the story: During World War I, Halifax ported ships that were getting ready to convoy across the Atlantic.
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Emily D'alessandro,
CBS News,
25 Dec. 2021
Wafaa Shurafa,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
Baptising a whole airliner, a 100-vehicle convoy and a team-bonding meal in an empty stadium… World Cup teams have been enjoying some memorable send-offs in the past week.
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Greg O'Keeffe,
New York Times,
4 June 2026
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Verb
The message came as thousands of truckers are expected to convoy from various locations to the nation's capital.
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Fox News,
23 Feb. 2022
New Glasgow's town crier James Stewart recounted the story: During World War I, Halifax ported ships that were getting ready to convoy across the Atlantic.
—
Emily D'alessandro,
CBS News,
25 Dec. 2021
Noun
Another 10 people were detained on May 24 while trying to negotiate safe passage for their convoy at a checkpoint near Sitre, Libya, along the Mediterranean coast less than halfway between Tunisia and Egypt.
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Wafaa Shurafa,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
Baptising a whole airliner, a 100-vehicle convoy and a team-bonding meal in an empty stadium… World Cup teams have been enjoying some memorable send-offs in the past week.
—
Greg O'Keeffe,
New York Times,
4 June 2026
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And then there's a southern route that the United States military has been escorting ships through for several weeks.
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Jury sees wrecked boat, crash re-enactment On the fourth day of trial, the jury hopped into a black Dodge van escorted by Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputies.
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Brian Hurley predicts, meanwhile, that as more independent astronauts from around the world begin occupying the orbital rings closest to Earth, SpaceX could move to connect up small flotillas of Starships into larger interlinked clusters.
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Sail 4th 250 The largest flotilla of tall ships from across the globe will come to New York Harbor from July 3 to July 9.
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When her father hires a young bodyguard to protect her, the disparate personalities can’t help but find themselves, well, drawn to each other.
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Guidera played Anthony, the bodyguard alongside stars Al Pacino, Diane Keaton and Andy Garcia.
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Clinical psychologists Hillary Halpern and Maureen Perry-Jenkins documented that the transition from single life to fatherhood is often accompanied by a roller coaster of emotions.
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The rhythmic pulse of hand clapping, accompanied by the resounding harmonic messages through voice.
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Speaking during a meeting of the Workers' Party's Central Committee on Monday, Kim said the navy would undergo changes to its status, role and scope of operations.
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The navy blazer is another key item, particularly double breasted with gold buttons.
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In Wiggins, the Hawks add another solid defender on the wing.
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These are the words of Norway defender Leo Østigård who recently became a dad for the first time this week.
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The dimensions are large enough to accommodate vessels up to the size of Norway’s famous Coastal Route ships, including the Hurtigruten fleet.
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Retrofitting the aircraft for the presidential fleet was also expected to cost hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Four people were killed in the crash, the patrol said, including three people on the train and one person in the dump truck.
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The change would allow each of the country’s 36 states to create a police force that meets a minimum national requirement while the federal police retains control of counterterrorism, border patrol, organized crime and other national security issues.
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“Convoy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convoy. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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