as in attended
to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship
a student from the college escorted my parents and me on our tour of the campus
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Recent Examples of escorted
Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 7 Jan. 2026
At the end, as Hocking was being escorted back to jail, a family member from the courtroom gallery waved at him.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026
Additionally, the police source said Nick must be escorted by a sergeant at all times and is monitored with a video camera that is attached to his escorting officer.
—Danielle Bacher, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
As Spees escorted her toward his patrol car, Gialenes dropped her identification card on the ground and bent down to retrieve it, the lawsuit states.
—Austin Sanders, Austin American Statesman, 6 Jan. 2026
After we were seated in the courtroom, Maduro walked in, escorted by guards.
—Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026
Later that evening, the White House Rapid Response account shared a video that appeared to show Maduro being escorted down a hallway by federal agents.
—Lauren Fichten, CBS News, 5 Jan. 2026
Maduro was escorted into the courtroom in shackles and orange jail slippers and sat two seats away from his wife.
—Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 5 Jan. 2026
Novak was very clearly going to the bench for a change, and Coyle basically escorted him there and then took another stride toward Columbus’ bench.
—Josh Yohe, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
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The suspects were then caught on camera getting handcuffed and escorted to a police cruiser, body camera footage shows.
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accompanied
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Rheinmetall revealed that the technology will reduce the production costs of green hydrogen through lower investment in the overall system, accompanied by a doubling of power density or an improvement in efficiency of over 10%.—
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Each president's portrait is accompanied by a placard describing events during their time in office, including Clinton's impeachment.—
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“Escorted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/escorted. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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