escort
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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
For $4,500 a night, though, I feel like a room should come with a helicopter ride or police escort to the stadium, or at a minimum a free shuttle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
They got separated from the fighter planes of another regiment that were supposed to escort them and provide them with protection from enemy fighters.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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And then “San Marcos el Fin” gently escorts the listener out of this particular room.
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 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
That operation, which involved U.S. naval and air escorts, was halted after Iran began attacking vessels, and Saudi Arabia restricted U.S. access to its bases and airspace.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026
Other oil stocks like APA and Occidental Petroleum also saw significant premarket declines, with Trump pausing Strait of Hormuz escorts.
From Barron's ● May 6, 2026
An Amity nurse gives me a salve- developed by Erudite to speed healing—to put on my shoulder, and then escorts Peter to the hospital ward to mend his arm.
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
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In some cases, people are escorted by officers.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 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
When the game ended with another St. Louis victory, Marmol escorted the team into the Cardinals clubhouse to meet the players.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
The whistleblower, a code enforcement officer, was escorted from City Hall the day after she filed the complaint.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
The rest of us escorted the sick and injured to the fairy forest, where we hoped the Mmoatia would agree to help them.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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Police began escorting residents and campers back to properties and campsites to collect personal belongings on Sunday.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
But Iran also wants to make clear that it is in charge, and opposes the United States unilaterally escorting ships, said Negar Mortazavi, a senior fellow at the left-leaning Center for International Policy.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 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
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
Pretty soon Luce’s hand was escorting me down the hall into the examination room.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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