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
By late 1986, Iranian attacks on ships in the Gulf triggered a US decision to start reflagging and escorting vessels.
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Alaa Shahine Salha, semafor.com, 4 Mar. 2026
In one call, a person told dispatch that an inmate was being treated and IDOC officers were escorting him.
—Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 20 Feb. 2026
Officers stormed into the house and rescued the residents, escorting them safely out of the house, police said.
—Dylan Olsen, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026
If true, this likely suggests a very tense intercept scenario, perhaps even shadowing or escorting away from Chinese airspace.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 14 Feb. 2026
After an hour in the lounge, the staff began escorting us to the train.
—Adam Erace, Travel + Leisure, 6 Feb. 2026
In photos of the arrest, authorities can be seen escorting suspect Kyle Wagner from an apartment building in Minneapolis.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2026
Some of his customers are now escorting him and his wife home each night when the restaurant closes.
—Meg Anderson, NPR, 1 Feb. 2026
Or the people escorting kids to school to protect their parents.
—Eric Roper, Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2026
Alaa Shahine Salha, semafor.com, 4 Mar. 2026
In one call, a person told dispatch that an inmate was being treated and IDOC officers were escorting him.
—Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 20 Feb. 2026
Officers stormed into the house and rescued the residents, escorting them safely out of the house, police said.
—Dylan Olsen, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026
If true, this likely suggests a very tense intercept scenario, perhaps even shadowing or escorting away from Chinese airspace.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 14 Feb. 2026
After an hour in the lounge, the staff began escorting us to the train.
—Adam Erace, Travel + Leisure, 6 Feb. 2026
In photos of the arrest, authorities can be seen escorting suspect Kyle Wagner from an apartment building in Minneapolis.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2026
Some of his customers are now escorting him and his wife home each night when the restaurant closes.
—Meg Anderson, NPR, 1 Feb. 2026
Or the people escorting kids to school to protect their parents.
—Eric Roper, Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for escorting
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The slideshow accompanying the toolkit calls on activists to make sustained noise outside Hilton hotels to deprive ICE agents and all other guests of sleep.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
2 Mar. 2026
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Everyone who was accompanying us had been arrested in these recent protests.—
Cora Engelbrecht,
New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2026
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But growing up in public housing, in a family that was getting by, and attending public schools that were failing, left its mark on me.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2026
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Providence’s playoff run is the end of her basketball career for Raines, who plans on attending Kentucky as a student.—
Patrick Z. McGavin,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Escorting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/escorting. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.
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