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escort

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




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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

The strategists said it’s unclear that the U.S. administration will want to maintain a permanent Middle East naval escort service that’s been helping more oil get out — “a critical unknown at this juncture.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026

Police escort a worker out of Have a Nice Stay bookstore, whose t-shirt reads 'I am a bookshop employee'

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

The escort picked us up at Purdy’s Station.

From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier

Navy escorts about 18 million barrels a day made their way out through Hormuz recently.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 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

Many of the ships have sailed with escorts from the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

The father is foreign and very nice, and escorts me over the bridge.

From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King

He said, ‘Hold on,’ walked up to the same maitre d’, they exchanged a few words, and then we were escorted to one of the best window tables in the house.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 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

Athlete videos were played inside the stadium before events and winners held centre-court style interviews before being escorted to a champions' enclosure, where they joined Bolt and master of ceremonies Noah Lyles.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

In 2023, Parton was escorted onto the field by legendary Tennessee quarterback Peyton Manning to lead the crowd in singing “Rocky Top” following the first quarter of the Volunteers’ game against the Georgia Bulldogs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026

Bailey is escorted to a room half the size of his entire house but he finds he cannot sleep, despite the heavy curtains blocking out the sunlight.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

Nearby hangs Rockwell’s famous 1964 oil painting showing marshals escorting 6-year-old Ruby Bridges to an integrated school.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 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

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

One morning, late in November, two PTs came in escorting a landing craft that had just rescued some Marines who had been trapped on a riverbank.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac




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