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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

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

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

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

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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