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escort

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




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Patel also directed Wilkins’ security detail to escort one of her allegedly drunk friends home after a night out in Nashville, MS Now reported in December 2025.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

The U.S. has maintained a presence of about 20 Navy ships in the region in recent months to enforce its blockade and help escort commercial ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz, according to Navy officials.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

In 2025, a female humpback whale was observed off the southern Gold Coast with an escort whale after apparently giving birth to a deceased calf.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

It has also had to reposition the USS George Washington vessel and its escort warships to the Persian Gulf from Japan—thus removing the Navy’s only aircraft carrier in the Pacific.

From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026

He agreed, and said he would go to Athens himself and escort her.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Dry bulk ships might also start using it, especially if they can operate with icebreaker escorts.

From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026

SoFi Stadium aced the physical infrastructure with working elevators, wheelchair escorts and accessible seating with clear sightlines on every level.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

When she’s youthful, Sophie catches the eye of a handsome, richly dressed stranger who gallantly escorts her away from two men harassing her on the street.

From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026

Indian authorities deployed air force jets and paramilitary escorts, and temporarily blocked Telegram to secure the retest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026

Violet reappears at my side as the dean escorts an EMT over to us.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed

Anyone found breaking the rules will be escorted out.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

On Sept. 16, Castillo said, Myanmar military police escorted him onto a plane chartered by the visiting Americans and the delegation left the country.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

The fan eventually was escorted out of the seating area but was allowed to return to his seat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

Generally speaking, however, tanker convoys, escorted by air and sea by the U.S. military, do the perilous transit through the Strait of Hormuz to the Gulf of Oman.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

He made air quotes around the word escorted.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline

Navy has focused on escorting crude-oil tankers out of the waterway, rather than ships carrying refined products.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Led by Finnish troops who are part of Unifil, the convoy was escorting civilians to and from Christian villages near the border.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

Marshals escorting a 6-year-old Ruby Bridges to her newly integrated school, is showcased on a wall of its own, despite not belonging to Lucas or the museum.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

Nagraj, 46, managed the paid caregivers working at his in-laws’ house while coordinating doctors’ appointments for his father-in-law, and escorting him to them.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026

Mister Hertzoon insisted on escorting them back to their boarding house, and he’d hugged them at the door.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo




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