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[uh-kuhm-puh-nee] / əˈkʌm pə ni /




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Trump accompanied Infantino onstage to present the trophy to Chelsea — but did not accompany him off the stage immediately following the presentation.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

Another proposal, from a Bronx hearing, would expand the fiscal-impact statements that accompany proposed legislation at the City Council.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

Jaden Martin, a 22-year-old who works in marketing and hails from the southwestern state of Arizona, told AFP he was visiting the capital to accompany his girlfriend who was attending a mathematics conference.

From Barron's Jul. 1, 2026

Not transport you somewhere else, but accompany you across the small, quiet distance between one version of your life and the next.

From Salon Jun. 30, 2026

Classroom instruments are much more than noisemakers to accompany songs.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

Plus, I was famished with the kind of hunger that accompanies the dissipating stress after leaving the dentist.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

If successful, such approaches could potentially help prevent the accumulation of belly fat that commonly accompanies aging.

From Science Daily Jun. 27, 2026

The emoji-filled caption accompanies a slideshow of photos featuring Cuoco, Pelphrey and their 3-year-old Matilda posing with a cake that is pink on the inside and covered in rainbow sprinkles.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 11, 2026

Dottie Achenbach, who is played by Maxine Peake in I Swear, has supported John since he was a teenager and regularly accompanies him to hospital appointments.

From BBC Jun. 8, 2026

In spring 1938, Austria is reunited with Germany, and near the end of the school year, a Nazi official, an SS officer, accompanies Herr Vinke to class.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

That shift was accompanied by a major change in the behavior of microglia.

From Science Daily Jul. 26, 2026

For months, she has been defending Fire Point against allegations of corruption and accusations that have accompanied the company's meteoric rise.

From Barron's Jul. 24, 2026

She also said “the claim that Mr. Bisignano’s growing responsibilities at JPMorgan were accompanied by a pattern of undermining colleagues is patently untrue and inaccurate.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

The change has been accompanied at many clubs by stricter rules on how, and how often, ticket holders can transfer their tickets to other people.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

I sewed new skirts so that the fifteen or so majorettes could wear the same costumes as they accompanied the band.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

That love is palpable in “Drifting Toward Twilight” and its accompanying documentary, which sees Saar fawning over the orange tint of sloughed bark and the mystical qualities of garden scraps.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 27, 2026

The means they deployed were not violent resistance, but warning, watching, accompanying, documenting, delaying, material support, and refusing isolation.

From Slate Jul. 27, 2026

Huang’s post and the accompanying letter come as the tech industry and regulators grapple with the implications of more powerful Chinese open-weight models, such as Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3, which was released last week.

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

They had been returning from a wedding ceremony, accompanying the bride to her new husband's home.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

Whereas bebop took from Christian’s playing style the inspiration of his free-flowing solos, rock and roll took the sound of his accompanying - ‘rhythm’ - guitar grooves.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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