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escort

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




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Madrid deployed police and military forces to round up most of the migrants and escort them back to the border with Morocco.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

Civil Guard were also taking migrants off a bus to escort them back to the border post to return to Morocco.

From Barron's Aug. 2, 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

Last week, a Nato source told BBC Verify that the Admiral Grigorovich had been ordered by Moscow to escort shadow fleet vessels through the Channel.

From BBC Jun. 16, 2026

She’d escort us to the baggage claim after she and the other stewardess did the final tidying up.

From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia

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

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

Operators are expected to proceed cautiously and insurers may even require naval escorts, according to Hugo Rousse of maritime tracking group AXSMarine.

From Barron's Jun. 17, 2026

He takes my elbow and escorts me back to my Mercury Home.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

Others were rounded up by Spanish forces and escorted to the border.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 2026

It mattered little that, by then, most of the migrants who reached Ceuta had returned to Morocco, escorted to the border by Spanish troops.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 8, 2026

On Wednesday night, Lai was put through his paces when he was escorted in an armoured vehicle convoy from the Presidential Office to a secure command centre in a simulated evacuation.

From Barron's Aug. 6, 2026

He was escorted from the court more than an hour later by police officers with their faces covered.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

On Christmas Day 1860, Anthony dressed the runaways like beggars and escorted them aboard a southbound train.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

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

I don’t go far from them, just closer to the entrance right as a priest is escorting a crying woman out the church.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera




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