as in to escort
to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship
will convoy the shipment to its destination in the war zone
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Recent Examples of convoy
Emily D'alessandro, CBS News, 25 Dec. 2021
There are two types of pieces—armies and fleets—which can typically only do three things: move, hold still, or support another piece to move or hold (fleets can also convoy with armies to move them across bodies of water).
—William Herkewitz, Popular Mechanics, 29 Sep. 2020
Foreign Affairs, 17 Jan. 2025
Garbage trucks, including one featuring a poster cutout of Patrick Mahomes, took down Grand Avenue as part of a convoy of city vehicles traveling the parade route as streets remained closed.
—Bill Lukitsch, Kansas City Star, 26 Jan. 2025
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Verb
New Glasgow's town crier James Stewart recounted the story: During World War I, Halifax ported ships that were getting ready to convoy across the Atlantic.
—Emily D'alessandro, CBS News, 25 Dec. 2021
There are two types of pieces—armies and fleets—which can typically only do three things: move, hold still, or support another piece to move or hold (fleets can also convoy with armies to move them across bodies of water).
—William Herkewitz, Popular Mechanics, 29 Sep. 2020
Noun
During that time, Israel will withdraw from the Gaza Strip’s most populated regions and allow aid convoys in.
—Foreign Affairs, 17 Jan. 2025
Garbage trucks, including one featuring a poster cutout of Patrick Mahomes, took down Grand Avenue as part of a convoy of city vehicles traveling the parade route as streets remained closed.
—Bill Lukitsch, Kansas City Star, 26 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for convoy
Verb
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Vaquero was escorted off the flight and charged by complaint.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
11 Feb. 2025
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Instead, she was escorted in shackles to the visitation room, where plexiglass separated them.—
Lawrence Wright,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
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Just a few months prior, Blackbeard and his small pirate flotilla had blockaded Charleston, South Carolina, for close to a week.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
22 Nov. 2024
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The closest the Chinese flotilla came to Guam was 559 miles.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
1 Nov. 2024
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Heather severely wounds Vic with a chessboard to the head before Slater's bodyguard Stan (Cris Costa) shoots her.—
Samantha Stutsman,
People.com,
1 Feb. 2025
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The assailant, Shane Stant, was hired by Harding's ex-husband, Jeff Gillooly, and her bodyguard, Shawn Eckardt, to break her right knee.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
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And in another filmed short, original cast member Laraine Newman’s nostalgic return to Studio 8H was accompanied by Pete Davidson’s bored, dim Chad.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
17 Feb. 2025
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Other records show the mayor was accompanied to the Philippines by his foreign affairs adviser – a city employee on loan from the U.S. State Department.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Feb. 2025
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To the south in the Indian Ocean, the Indian navy has strengthened its presence as Beijing expanded its maritime activities.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
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The strapless navy gown featured a sweetheart neckline embellished with black crystals.—
Renan Botelho,
WWD,
7 Feb. 2025
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Their defenders were chasing him around screens with an extra level of ferocity.—
Anthony Slater,
The Athletic,
9 Feb. 2025
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Vientos and Alonso don’t exactly rate high defensively, but Vientos made tremendous improvements last season when playing every day at the hot corner, and Alonso is a solid enough defender that the Mets don’t worry about first base.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
8 Feb. 2025
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This marked the 21st flight for the first-stage booster, the most in the booster fleet, having previously flown on human spaceflight missions Inspiration4 and Axiom Space’s Ax-1 among others.—
Richard Tribou,
Orlando Sentinel,
15 Feb. 2025
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The law set an initial target of electrifying of half of the state fleet by Jan. 1, 2026.—
John Moritz,
Hartford Courant,
14 Feb. 2025
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According to a press release from the Clovis Police Department, the chase began just after 3:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 5, after an officer on patrol near the Fowler and Alluvial avenues noticed a suspicious vehicle in the area.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
7 Feb. 2025
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The Coast Guard cutter Campbell returned to its port on Monday in Newport, Rhode Island, after a patrol mission through the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific Ocean that lasted 63 days.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
6 Feb. 2025
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“Convoy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convoy. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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