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[uh-kuhm-puh-nee] / əˈkʌm pə ni /




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Officials and supporters had readied talking points to accompany the definition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

The hit man’s quest to track down nursing mothers lends “Your Mother” a peculiar but propulsive forward momentum while neatly indicting the macho stereotypes that usually accompany such action movies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

There are also worries about the costs and anxiety that can accompany a false-positive test.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

She had needed to go to the toilet during class and Abah had intercepted her in the school gardens and asked her to accompany him to his house which was on the premises.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

Padva to join her for tea or accompany her to the ballet are politely declined.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

So on Air Force One, for example, or in the Oval Office, the White House press pool accompanies the president to those kinds of places, and when he travels, accompanies him.

From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2026

Police allege that someone was able to access the goods by showing a fake airway bill - a document that accompanies shipped items.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

“They seem to be especially triggered about my posts about Natalie Harp and how she accompanies the president everywhere.”

From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026

Often, it helps to see a visual representation of your finances in black and white so you can deal with the hard facts, rather than the swirl of anxiety that accompanies them.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

Tom and Daisy stared, with that peculiarly unreal feeling that accompanies the recognition of a hitherto ghostly celebrity of the movies.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The wettest weather will be found across Scotland with heavy rain likely in the west, accompanied by wind gusts of 40mph or more in the far north-west.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

The videos were part of a wave of misinformation that accompanied a child vaccination campaign this year that saw more than seven million Filipinos inoculated.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

You may be wondering just what kind of company would be so willing to lavish the resources required for a full-scale New York City musical, accompanied by loads of free merch.

From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2026

Civilians suffered greatly, too, with Russia’s Great Retreat accompanied by a scorched-earth policy meant to leave nothing for the German occupiers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Even though Abraham Lincoln had been shot in a theatre sixteen years before, no bodyguards or law enforcement officers accompanied Garfield when he left the White House.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow

“She remains in our hearts, an inimitable force of nature,” her family wrote in the statement accompanying a photo of Jordan cuddling a cat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

This recent divergence certainly appears to be a very positive omen, as you can see from the accompanying chart.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

Investors continued to show faith in the stock market in the third quarter, but placed even more faith in the relative comfort of bond funds—despite the recent rout in Treasurys and accompanying jump in yields.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

The industry has recovered only about half of tariff-policy-related costs, a "sustained margin drag that is likely to weigh on supplier financials," according to a commentary from Deloitte accompanying the survey.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

Then she sang a second song while accompanying herself on a half-harp.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss




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