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or chaperon
as in to accompany
to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship
three parents will chaperone the students on the school trip
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Recent Examples of chaperone
Samuel Petrequin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2024
Six Flags Over Texas now requires children under 15 to be chaperoned by someone over 21 after 4pm.
—Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 9 Sep. 2024
Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 6 Dec. 2024
Still, the college-age Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) is merely a chaperone for her younger paraplegic sister/apple of dad’s eye, Nessarose (Marissa Bode).
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2024
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Verb
With only a few members of that era still around, a new group of ambitious youngsters chaperoned by seasoned veterans will compete at the European Championship, looking to shed the country’s underachiever reputation.
—Samuel Petrequin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2024
Six Flags Over Texas now requires children under 15 to be chaperoned by someone over 21 after 4pm.
—Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 9 Sep. 2024
Noun
Instead, nearly five months passed before the state issued the chaperone order, allowing Maheshwari to continue to see patients unsupervised.
—Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 6 Dec. 2024
Still, the college-age Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) is merely a chaperone for her younger paraplegic sister/apple of dad’s eye, Nessarose (Marissa Bode).
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chaperone
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Every season, Netflix’s hit action-thriller The Night Agent introduces a new story and new characters around title character Peter Sutherland (Gabriel Basso), who has been accompanied so far by Luciane Buchanan’s Rose Larkin.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
24 Jan. 2025
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While targets can focus efforts and create accountability, they must be accompanied by robust unconscious bias training and inclusive, psychologically safe environments.—
London Business School,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The little boy sprinted 69 yards to the end zone, with an escort of Huskers joyously running alongside the young cancer patient.—
David K. Li,
NBC News,
16 Jan. 2025
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After allowing some people to bypass the barricades with a police escort last week, residents have been turned away at multiple checkpoints on Sunset and San Vicente boulevards leading into the Palisades this week.—
Hannah Fry,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The legislature never dealt with how to pay for the teachers’ union nirvana.—
Kevin Igoe,
Baltimore Sun,
27 Jan. 2025
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His interest in sports analytics comes from his math teacher father, who handed out rulers to Trick-or-Treaters each year.—
Jesse Newell,
Kansas City Star,
27 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Here’s a guide to all of Yarros’ books in order, grouped by series, plus what’s next for her dragon riders when Onyx Storm arrives on Jan. 21, 2025.—
Maggie Fremont,
EW.com,
18 Jan. 2025
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After all, Michelin included South Korean restaurant Eo in their 2019 guide to Seoul despite the owner, chef Eo Yun-gwon, asking them not to.—
Camille Knight,
CNN,
18 Jan. 2025
Noun
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General admission cost $2,500, and some sponsors paid $1 million for access to the greenroom on the ground floor tucked behind the stage in the main ballroom.—
MacKenzie Sigalos,
CNBC,
20 Jan. 2025
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Image Two of the bill’s sponsors, Senators Edward J. Markey of Massachusetts and Cory Booker of New Jersey, both Democrats, called on Mr. Biden to extend the deadline by 90 days at a news conference on Thursday — even with no deal to sell the company on the table.—
David McCabe,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The female attendant on duty was kind enough to assist me by dragging the hose across my vehicle to fuel up.—
Ticked Off,
Orlando Sentinel,
13 Jan. 2025
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Consider paying inside with the attendant, not outside at the pump.—
Fernanda Galan,
Sacramento Bee,
13 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The Royals may lack a leader as brilliant as Chiefs coach Andy Reid.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Jan. 2025
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UConn coach Dan Hurley argued the foul in the moment but got over it quickly.—
Joe Arruda,
Hartford Courant,
18 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Ethan — Victor’s squire and one of the few people in town who sees this as a quest, also sees the Boy In White, perhaps the best team player in town despite his age.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
20 Oct. 2024
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In the prequel, set a century before the events of Game of Thrones, two unlikely heroes wandered Westeros… a young, naïve but courageous knight, Ser Duncan the Tall, and his diminutive squire, Egg (Dexter Sol Ansell).—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
4 Oct. 2024
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