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
Following the ceremony, the new Chinese naval task group carried out its first mission on Tuesday, escorting a Panamanian cargo ship in the western Gulf of Aden.
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Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Prior to his arraignment, the defendant confessed to the sheriffs escorting him to the courtroom, the release said.
—Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
Video footage showed armed men escorting the buses through the town, firing guns into the air.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2025
In one video, court security officers were seen escorting the woman from the scene.
—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
Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Prior to his arraignment, the defendant confessed to the sheriffs escorting him to the courtroom, the release said.
—Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
Video footage showed armed men escorting the buses through the town, firing guns into the air.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2025
In one video, court security officers were seen escorting the woman from the scene.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for escorting
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On Tuesday, Israeli volunteers with RHR were injured while accompanying Palestinian farmers in the town of Qarawat Bani Hassan.—
Zeena Saifi,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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Dakota Johnson, a Valentino ambassador who also stars in the campaign, sung McRae's praises in an accompanying essay.—
Michelle Lee,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
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The family of three has been attending almost all of Robert's live tapings.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
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Kardashian, who is the daughter of the prominent late attorney Robert Kardashian, began studying law in 2018 through California’s Law Office Study Program, which allows aspiring lawyers to apprentice under licensed attorneys instead of attending law school.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Escorting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/escorting. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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