chaperone
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When Simpson was in elementary school, the UT-Martin coaches assigned one of their graduate assistants to chaperone him during practices.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2025
His wife at the time, Monika Bawa, then a registered physiotherapist, acted as his chaperone from this point in his private clinic, which was agreed by the Interim Orders Investigating Committee.
From BBC • Sep. 30, 2025
At the heart of their system are the copper-binding domains of the chaperone Atox1.
From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2024
Some of her other most memorable roles include the 1985 Merchant Ivory film A Room With a View, in which she played the chaperone Charlotte Barlett, accompanying Helen Bonham Carter's Lucy Honeychurch to Italy.
From BBC • Sep. 27, 2024
After Coach Hedge left on his shadow-travel expedition, Leo had decided that his three-legged table could do just as good a job as their ‘adult chaperone’.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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