as in to escort
to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship
her father squired her to the dance to make sure she got there all right
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Recent Examples of squire
Kyle Paoletta, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2024
The teen idols squired Evert and Navratilova to a drive-in movie.
—Sally Jenkins, Anchorage Daily News, 3 July 2023
Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 5 Aug. 2024
However, that plan was thwarted by Armand de Caulaincourt, Napoleon’s grand squire, who dumped the gunpowder out of the guns.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 July 2024
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Verb
The press corps fell back behind the circulation desk only after New Hampshire governor Chris Sununu, who was squiring Haley across the state all weekend, took the stage.
—Kyle Paoletta, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2024
The teen idols squired Evert and Navratilova to a drive-in movie.
—Sally Jenkins, Anchorage Daily News, 3 July 2023
Noun
The series, which is based on George R.R. Martin's novella The Hedge Knight, began production in June and tells the story of Dunk joining the Kingsguard while his squire, Aegon V Targaryen, eventually ascends the Iron Throne.
—Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 5 Aug. 2024
However, that plan was thwarted by Armand de Caulaincourt, Napoleon’s grand squire, who dumped the gunpowder out of the guns.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 July 2024
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The incident that spurred a response from the police SWAT team began just after 9 a.m. when a security guard working in the 1300 block of South Racine Avenue tried to escort a 23-year-old man off the property, police said.—
William Lee,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Feb. 2025
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Several deputies had to escort him back to the bench and placed him under arrest for resisting without violence.—
Larry Fink,
Fox News,
21 Feb. 2025
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After several months of further litigation, Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster ruled in favor of Rhode Island last week, rejecting the magistrate’s recommendation.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
8 Feb. 2025
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The Standard said Birmingham magistrates court listened to Coogan’s plea and handed him five penalty points, leaving him one short of a ban.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
6 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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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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Jonathan Dienst Jonathan Dienst is chief justice contributor for NBC News and chief investigative reporter for WNBC-TV in New York.—
Tom Winter,
NBC News,
8 Feb. 2025
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Blacklock was appointed as chief justice earlier this month.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
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Crypto Confidential: Forbes' definitive guide to crypto and blockchain, delivered to your inbox every Saturday.—
Sandy Carter,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
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Vogue Shopping The insider’s guide to what to shop and how to wear it.—
Jenny Berg,
Vogue,
22 Feb. 2025
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Her grandfather, James S. Moody Sr., was a state lawmaker and Hillsborough County circuit judge.—
Dan Sullivan,
Miami Herald,
17 Jan. 2025
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First among these, of course, are the older Supreme Court justices, but there are also 68 circuit judges and over 140 district judges who are either eligible to retire or will be by the end of the second Trump administration.—
Daniel Foster,
National Review,
23 Jan. 2025
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New images from the Very Large Telescope (VLT) at the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Paranal Observatory suggest that the galaxy, known as NGC 3640, may soon merge with a smaller galactic companion.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
23 Feb. 2025
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Those boots were made for walkin’, but this Miss Boots was made to be your best friend and companion.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
22 Feb. 2025
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Another chapter on the Claremont Institute, the right-wing California think tank, examines the influence of the political philosopher Leo Strauss and the Nazi jurist Carl Schmitt.—
Jennifer Szalai,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2025
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The suggestion that Democrats were taking cues from that infamous Nazi jurist was pure projection — a sign, in retrospect, of how Vance himself would behave in office.—
Michelle Goldberg,
The Mercury News,
13 Feb. 2025
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“Squire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squire. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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