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
Authorities said Shackelford helped by allowing inmates access to restricted areas, hiding drugs in a staff office ceiling, and escorting inmates through checkpoints to distribute the contraband.
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Cbs News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
Part of the challenge for vessels and any potential ship-escorting operations through the Strait of Hormuz is that the room to maneuver is highly constricted.
—Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2026
Emergency services responded to the Philadelphia International Airport Friday morning after officials said a Secret Service agent accidentally shot himself while escorting former first lady Jill Biden.
—Kaitlyn McCormick, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
But no one has signed up for the dangerous duty of escorting tankers through the strait.
—Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2026
Lucaville Italy is also developing a psychological thriller based on Dario Argento’s directorial debut The Bird with the Crystal Plumage and a serialized reboot of Palermo Milan, a cross-European action drama following a security detail escorting a key ‘Ndrangheta informant.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 24 Mar. 2026
Coberg admitted to escorting Iza and the victim the next day to a shooting range in the basement of Iza’s mansion and leaving the two alone.
—Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2026
If China attempted to invade Taiwan, these missiles could hit Chinese amphibious fleets and/or attack escorting warships.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 15 Mar. 2026
Chinese-speaking netizens were amused by the story, and in particular the absurd display of cops escorting the diminutive android.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 12 Mar. 2026
Cbs News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
Part of the challenge for vessels and any potential ship-escorting operations through the Strait of Hormuz is that the room to maneuver is highly constricted.
—Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2026
Emergency services responded to the Philadelphia International Airport Friday morning after officials said a Secret Service agent accidentally shot himself while escorting former first lady Jill Biden.
—Kaitlyn McCormick, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
But no one has signed up for the dangerous duty of escorting tankers through the strait.
—Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2026
Lucaville Italy is also developing a psychological thriller based on Dario Argento’s directorial debut The Bird with the Crystal Plumage and a serialized reboot of Palermo Milan, a cross-European action drama following a security detail escorting a key ‘Ndrangheta informant.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 24 Mar. 2026
Coberg admitted to escorting Iza and the victim the next day to a shooting range in the basement of Iza’s mansion and leaving the two alone.
—Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2026
If China attempted to invade Taiwan, these missiles could hit Chinese amphibious fleets and/or attack escorting warships.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 15 Mar. 2026
Chinese-speaking netizens were amused by the story, and in particular the absurd display of cops escorting the diminutive android.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 12 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for escorting
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Dreher, who had moved to Budapest in 2022, was accompanying Viktor Orbán, the Hungarian Prime Minister, to a meeting with Vance about, among other things, the survival of Christianity in Europe.—
Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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Kennedy spoke with Fox News in an exclusive interview accompanying the EPA/HHS announcement.—
Dr. Marc Siegel , Jennifer Johnson,
FOXNews.com,
5 Apr. 2026
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In recent years, some specialty middle and high schools have restructured their admissions programs to reduce the number of Asian American and white students attending.—
Alison Somin,
Oc Register,
10 Apr. 2026
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People wave Iranian flags while attending the funeral of Alireza Tangsiri, commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ navy alongside others killed in US-Israeli strikes on Iran at Enghelab Square in Tehran on April 1, 2026.—
Kai Nicol-Schwarz,
CNBC,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Escorting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/escorting. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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