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
On Tuesday afternoon, the sidewalk in front of the facility had become a hive of activity – including the return of Nick Shirley – as media and Shirley supporters watched adults escorting children in and out.
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Andy Rose, CNN Money, 1 Jan. 2026
He is monitored with a video camera that is attached to his escorting officer.
—Danielle Bacher, PEOPLE, 20 Dec. 2025
Despite hearing her moan, Spees called in a level three resistance report but then continued escorting her toward his patrol vehicle.
—Dante Motley, Austin American Statesman, 18 Dec. 2025
That opens up an opportunity for personalized service, such as hotel staff personally escorting someone staying at the Upper House Shanghai through the city’s historic French Concession district.
—Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 5 Dec. 2025
Officers began escorting people out, and, in one heated moment, an officer physically lifted a protester and carried him from the chamber as others screamed in outrage.
—Stepheny Price , Sarah Alegre, FOXNews.com, 4 Dec. 2025
Joe Alwyn’s take on Agnes’ brother Bartholomew is a slimmer, more doe-eyed one than the extremely tall farmer of few words O’Farrell imagines escorting his sister to London.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 30 Nov. 2025
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.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Video footage showed armed men escorting the buses through the town, firing guns into the air.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2025
Andy Rose, CNN Money, 1 Jan. 2026
He is monitored with a video camera that is attached to his escorting officer.
—Danielle Bacher, PEOPLE, 20 Dec. 2025
Despite hearing her moan, Spees called in a level three resistance report but then continued escorting her toward his patrol vehicle.
—Dante Motley, Austin American Statesman, 18 Dec. 2025
That opens up an opportunity for personalized service, such as hotel staff personally escorting someone staying at the Upper House Shanghai through the city’s historic French Concession district.
—Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 5 Dec. 2025
Officers began escorting people out, and, in one heated moment, an officer physically lifted a protester and carried him from the chamber as others screamed in outrage.
—Stepheny Price , Sarah Alegre, FOXNews.com, 4 Dec. 2025
Joe Alwyn’s take on Agnes’ brother Bartholomew is a slimmer, more doe-eyed one than the extremely tall farmer of few words O’Farrell imagines escorting his sister to London.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 30 Nov. 2025
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.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Video footage showed armed men escorting the buses through the town, firing guns into the air.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for escorting
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New state sales tax revenue generated within the massive STAR bond district will pay back the bond debt used to build a new stadium and accompanying facilities for several decades.—
Taylor O'Connor,
Kansas City Star,
10 Jan. 2026
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The accompanying carousel of images show Bure in her younger years, smiling alongside Saget on set and at various events throughout their careers.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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Middleton first carried the Small Hudson bag from DeMellier in a rich mocha brown while attending Christmas Morning Service at Sandringham Estate.—
Emily Weaver,
PEOPLE,
10 Jan. 2026
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Among the companies attending are Chevron, which still operates in Venezuela, and ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips, which both had oil projects in the country that were lost as part of a 2007 nationalization of private businesses under Maduro’s predecessor, Hugo Chávez.—
Josh Boak,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Escorting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/escorting. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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