chaperone
Example Sentences
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Sporting brown berets and screen-printed vests with colorful hand-sewn badges, they followed chaperones inside as guests waiting in line recognized them.
From Los Angeles Times
“So, is it true that Douglas Fairbanks swore to your father that he would personally chaperone you all the time you were on the set?” she asked with a tilt of her head.
From Literature
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But some of the players - who were accompanied by chaperones - reportedly told reporters that they wanted to go back to Iran.
From BBC
With Brie chaperoning from down the hall, but I leave that part out.
From Literature
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James Cockayne, an Australian anti-slavery official, tells us there are “concerns that the women are being accompanied by chaperones and minders from the Iranian regime who are controlling their ability to move and speak freely.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.