escort
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Volunteers from Harani’s organization now escort nuns on a daily basis to and from a monastery on Mount Zion to their residence in the Old City.
From The Wall Street Journal ● 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
According to Britain and France, the warships could also escort some 2,000 tankers and cargo ships waiting to transit out of the Gulf.
From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026
The officers remove Strickland and began to escort him out of the event.
From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2026
Unfortunately, the akrafena isn’t wide enough to escort something as big as Flo through the thicket.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
And then “San Marcos el Fin” gently escorts the listener out of this particular room.
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026
Indian authorities deployed air force jets and paramilitary escorts, and temporarily blocked Telegram to secure the retest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 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
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
The DA personally escorts us to a conference room.
From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas
The event started with the Crown of Scotland being escorted down the Royal Mile from Edinburgh Castle before the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland brass ensemble performed a fanfare in the debating chamber.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 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
For a second I felt a little like those big-spending, frequent-flying VIPs who are escorted to planes when they have a tight connection.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
It added that the frigate had escorted Russian-flagged ships "heading to and from the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Baltic".
From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026
Miss Bates and Miss Fairfax, escorted by the two gentlemen, walked into the room; and Mrs. Elton seemed to think it as much her duty as Mrs. Weston’s to receive them.
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
Police began escorting residents and campers back to properties and campsites to collect personal belongings on Sunday.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 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
Navy started escorting commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz, President Donald Trump declared a pause on the “Project Freedom” activities, citing progress in a deal with Iran.
From Barron's ● May 5, 2026
Hannie is a nurse and has been tasked with the job of escorting us to a specialist children’s home where we’ll be examined.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 26–31
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