chaperon

Example Sentences

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Should it materialize, the takeover would be the latest disturbance at the Torrance shopping center, which recently instituted a chaperon policy after several large youth melees.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2024

The three girls aged 13, 10, and 9 arrived early in the morning Thursday, were detained and barred entry into the country along with their cousin chaperon who immigration authorities deemed “inadmissible.”

From Slate • Jul. 19, 2019

At the outset, the company plans on offering fully autonomous rides, with a Waymo employee in the car only as a chaperon.

From The Verge • Aug. 21, 2018

People asked her then why she had never mentioned the chaperon.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 30, 2015

My dad will be there as a chaperon.

From "The Misfits" by James Howe