escorting
Example Sentences
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Escorting ships through the strait will be an intensive task that will require “full-time work” from the ships involved, said retired Vice Adm.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
Escorting the super-carrier, which was carrying more than 3,000 military personnel on a route some 125 nautical miles east of Malaysia, were a trio of guided-missile destroyers and an Aegis cruiser.
From Time • Apr. 28, 2016
Monica Hesse: Escorting in itself -- as in, paying for someone to accompany you to a party or office function -- is not illegal.
From Washington Post • Sep. 8, 2010
She started two games, in her hometown at Villanova and on Senior Night last month in Storrs, Conn. Escorting her out to receive her framed jersey were her father and her mother, Mary.
From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2010
Escorting vessels had with difficulty been provided, although in inadequate numbers.
From The Crisis of the Naval War by Jellicoe, John Rushworth Jellicoe, Earl