escort
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“There will need to be at some point an escort system or some convoy to protect ships,” said Mujtaba Rahman, head of Europe for the Eurasia Group risk analysis firm.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
That meant their reporters forfeited their press passes—which had allowed them to move around in the building without an escort.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
“In the short term, navies are not expected to escort merchant ships,” Larsen wrote.
From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026
Choreographer Annie-B Parson’s dancers eloquently, if ordinarily, escort Tristan and Isolde to the other side, leaving their egos behind.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
Dressed formally as he was, in a black tuxedo, it was obvious that he was part of the debut court, the escort of one of the birthday girl’s attendants perhaps.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 26–31
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