as in accompanying
to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship
a student from the college escorted my parents and me on our tour of the campus
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Recent Examples of escorting
In one video, court security officers were seen escorting the woman from the scene.
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Gloria Pazmino, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
Lander was detained in June inside the same building, where the government also operates an immigration court, while escorting a man ICE wanted to arrest.
—David Dee Delgado, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
Louisville's racial divide was made clear with busing Michael Hicks remembers seeing men in military green with rifles outside the bus ports, sometimes escorting students.
—Lillian Metzmeier, Louisville Courier Journal, 18 Sep. 2025
In 2019, Rodriguez beat a man inside a temporary holding tank used to change clothes at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, while an escorting Alameda County Sheriff’s deputy was nearby.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2025
Tangent Police could be seen escorting Zinn in videos posted to X following the shooting.
—Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Velazquez-Garcia is seen escorting visitors inside.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2025
Campus authorities ordered a lockdown, had been escorting people to safety and were urging anyone still on school grounds to call them to be escorted to safety.
—Michael Ruiz , Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2025
McConaughey is joined by one other name actor, America Ferrera, who plays Mary Ludwig, the schoolteacher whose charges Kevin was tasked with escorting through danger.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
Gloria Pazmino, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
Lander was detained in June inside the same building, where the government also operates an immigration court, while escorting a man ICE wanted to arrest.
—David Dee Delgado, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
Louisville's racial divide was made clear with busing Michael Hicks remembers seeing men in military green with rifles outside the bus ports, sometimes escorting students.
—Lillian Metzmeier, Louisville Courier Journal, 18 Sep. 2025
In 2019, Rodriguez beat a man inside a temporary holding tank used to change clothes at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, while an escorting Alameda County Sheriff’s deputy was nearby.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2025
Tangent Police could be seen escorting Zinn in videos posted to X following the shooting.
—Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Velazquez-Garcia is seen escorting visitors inside.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2025
Campus authorities ordered a lockdown, had been escorting people to safety and were urging anyone still on school grounds to call them to be escorted to safety.
—Michael Ruiz , Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2025
McConaughey is joined by one other name actor, America Ferrera, who plays Mary Ludwig, the schoolteacher whose charges Kevin was tasked with escorting through danger.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for escorting
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The episode and accompanying fashion show were in support of Kelce’s charity, 87 and Running, which empowers disadvantaged youth by providing resources and support to their communities in the areas of education, business, athletics, STEM, and the arts.—
Meredith Wilshere,
PEOPLE,
4 Oct. 2025
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The accompanying video counts down from 2025 to 1995 with a flip-book of performance footage from throughout the years, as well as a compilation of the different fonts used to spell out the band’s name before tossing to a throwback series of shots of the five men from their earliest days together.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
3 Oct. 2025
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Of the total students enrolled in the accounts program, about 28,166 are attending private school, the report indicates.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 Oct. 2025
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Ten people were trapped inside, several of whom were attending a birthday party.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Escorting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/escorting. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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