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escort

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




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Showing up at a private club in flip-flops with a gaggle of children and pool noodles in tow would have once earned you a swift escort off the property.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Mountain escort Wang Zhoutao guides a client up the steep steps of Mount Huangshan.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

She picked the Santa Monica apartment, Wright said, because it offered 24-hour on-site security personnel, video surveillance and an escort to and from the parking garage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 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 was her job to escort them around the building and answer any questions.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

His escorts asked the FBI to hurry up because onlookers were watching and he was placed on board the plane.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

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

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

Boggs escorts me down to the Hangar, but we don’t talk beyond a preliminary greeting.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

The team was then forcibly escorted from the venue by the RN's security staff.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

“His book says something different than my book,” he said, before police escorted him from a historic theater in Muskegon, Mich.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Following a negative asylum decision, Russian nationals are often given the chance to leave independently, but a rising number are being forcibly returned to Russia, usually escorted via third countries.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

But the EU chief's motorcade was escorted under heavy police presence through a different exit.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

Alexander had the neatest handwriting and took notes on each applicant, while Beowulf and Cassiopeia escorted the ladies in and out of the parlor.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

An updated post later said law enforcement was escorting students in buses to a separate location, where families could reunite with their children.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

He said the eight sailors included "the Lincoln crew and sailors from the carrier airwing, strike group and destroyer squadron staff, escorting destroyers and all embarked aviation squadrons".

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 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

By the time he reached the elevator, he found himself escorting two pregnant women.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis


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