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escort

[es-kawrt, ih-skawrt] / ˈɛs kɔrt, ɪˈskɔrt /




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Appeared in the January 7, 2026, print edition as 'Russia Sends Submarine to Escort Tanker'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026

"They are like the Ford Escort of the vulture world in the sense that everybody just took them for granted, they were so common nobody really worried about them," he said.

From BBC • Aug. 25, 2025

Juxtaposing the Mariners’ pitching and hitting stats is like juxtaposing an Escalade with an Escort.

From Seattle Times • May 26, 2024

In mid-July, local police pulled Dumbrique over as he rode in a friend’s light-green, four-door Honda, and investigators decided maybe that had been the getaway car — not the green Ford Escort.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2024

Escort officers spend a while in the mess hall and then get to leave the block for chunks of the day, taking groups of inmates to other buildings in the prison.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover




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