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escort

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




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In the dead of night on Friday, a large yellow truck led by a police escort made its way through the empty streets of London.

From Barron's Jul. 10, 2026

At the hospital, Jack learns that the man behind the wheel was Governor George McRyan, a presidential hopeful polling extremely well in the primaries, who left a campaign event with Sally as his escort.

From Salon Jul. 4, 2026

The artwork will reportedly occupy a train of its own, emptied of everyone except conservators and guards, and a police escort will be provided on both sides of the Channel.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

The officers remove Strickland and began to escort him out of the event.

From Slate Jun. 16, 2026

Tracey managed to escort her, Felix, Ms. Rannells, and Benji through the crowd and out of the gym.

From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty

And then “San Marcos el Fin” gently escorts the listener out of this particular room.

From Salon Jul. 14, 2026

NEW DELHI—The security detail involves helicopters, air force jets and paramilitary escorts.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 20, 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

That refers to a “first group” of tankers or ship operators willing to cross the strait, likely with naval coordination and escorts.

From MarketWatch Jun. 18, 2026

I think now I'll finally get a word alone with Peeta, but Haymitch sends him off with Portia to get something fitted for the interview and personally escorts me to my door.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins

On June 4, Sandoval returned to their L.A. house to collect his things and Victoria Robinson called police, who escorted Sandoval from the home, according to the filing.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 7, 2026

That night, they were escorted onto the baseball diamond in an armored car with a security detail of some 200 police officers in tow.

From Salon Jun. 26, 2026

Ellison was ultimately escorted into the Roosevelt Room.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 24, 2026

It added that the frigate had escorted Russian-flagged ships "heading to and from the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Baltic".

From Barron's Jun. 16, 2026

We were then escorted on foot across the border to the Mexican side of Nogales.

From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez

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

Smaller than a destroyer but bigger than a corvette, they perform a range of missions at sea, from escorting bigger ships to mine warfare and hunting submarines.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 21, 2026

Local villagers whom he regularly employs to assist him in escorting groups up Dukono also did not tell him anything about the prohibition, he added.

From BBC May 11, 2026

Munir also greeted Vance, escorting him down a red carpet at the Nur Khan air base, where US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner were already waiting.

From Barron's Apr. 11, 2026

The Indians carrying the litter, and those escorting Atahuallpa, never abandoned him: all died around him.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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