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as in to escort
to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship
children using the pool must be accompanied by a parent at all times
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Trump's daughter Ivanka, as well as Robert F. Kennedy Jr., accompanied the president-elect on stage.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
While attending the Red Sea Fest, Lee accompanied Vin Diesel and Michael Douglas to watch Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al-Nassr play against Al-Ittihad.
—Martin Dale, Variety, 12 Dec. 2024
Wilken cannot create such an entity, which under labor law requires (among other things) a group of employees who successfully petition the NLRB or a state labor board for recognition as a bargaining unit and accompanying votes.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 11 Dec. 2024
In a statement accompanying its quarterly earnings results, the department store chain said a single employee responsible for small package delivery expense accounting had intentionally created erroneous cost entries from the fourth quarter of 2021 through the third quarter of 2024.
—Rob Wile, NBC News, 11 Dec. 2024
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
While attending the Red Sea Fest, Lee accompanied Vin Diesel and Michael Douglas to watch Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al-Nassr play against Al-Ittihad.
—Martin Dale, Variety, 12 Dec. 2024
Wilken cannot create such an entity, which under labor law requires (among other things) a group of employees who successfully petition the NLRB or a state labor board for recognition as a bargaining unit and accompanying votes.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 11 Dec. 2024
In a statement accompanying its quarterly earnings results, the department store chain said a single employee responsible for small package delivery expense accounting had intentionally created erroneous cost entries from the fourth quarter of 2021 through the third quarter of 2024.
—Rob Wile, NBC News, 11 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for accompany
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According to his account, he was escorted backstage to greet the Backstreet Boys — among the night’s performing acts — in the group’s dressing room.Malia Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
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In another clip of a House hearing in 2018, Long drowns out heckling from political activist and Trump supporter Laura Loomer by using his auctioneer voice as she is escorted from the room by security.Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
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Friday’s news coincided with a campaign launched by the 2018 HOF inductee in an effort to raise awareness and proceeds for cancer research, a pledge highlighted by the campaign’s lavender logo meant to represent all forms of cancer.Jelani Scott, The Athletic, 14 Dec. 2024
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Her maiden season has also coincided with an unprecedented increase in coverage of the league, with viewership numbers consistently broken.Johannes Sasay-Wada and Amanda Davies, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
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Also planning to attend is Daniel Penny, a military veteran who was acquitted of criminally negligent homicide this week in the chokehold death of an agitated subway rider in New York.CBS News, CBS News, 14 Dec. 2024
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The school choice program allows Connecticut families with students entering preschool through 12th grade to apply to attend several different types of public schools in the Greater Hartford region.Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 14 Dec. 2024
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Rich has no regrets about anything that’s happened between him and his brother over the more than three decades since the band formed.Charles Moss, SPIN, 18 Dec. 2024
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His biggest concern is what will happen if Trump follows through on his proposal to slap 10% to 20% tariffs on all imports and raise the levy on Chinese goods to 60%, from 10% to 25% that Trump imposed in his first term.Don Lee, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
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This legacy in racing has seen the team achieve strong successes, including their first win in 2000 with Robbie Buhl, and a history of fielding prominent drivers such as Al Unser Jr., Sarah Fisher, and Ryan Hunter-Reay.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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On December 5, the 29-year-old model was seen in a dressed down fall uniform that was, well, both in and out of my price range.Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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The monument seeks to bring awareness to the harsh realities faced by children who were forcibly taken to institutions like the Carlisle Indian Industrial School.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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Jeff Staple is embarking on his latest partnership to bring better authentication tools and user experiences to the fashion world.Layla Ilchi, WWD, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Accompany.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accompany. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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