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Even the straightforward parodies of classic Hindi musical numbers, in which love usually dances with the chaperonage of a chorus line, lack the comic spark to send them soaring.

From New York Times • May 10, 2013

My sincere condolences to his parents, whom I never met, but who loved their brilliant, magnificently weird son and made sure he always had chaperonage when he went abroad on his adventures.

From The Guardian • Jan. 12, 2013

The four contenders wound up the week, under Kennedy's chaperonage, at the first of the forums.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nor could the Los Angeles welfare board, which is charged with the moral chaperonage of young performers.

From Time Magazine Archive

It begins with a Yale-Harvard boat race at New London, but soon Jean and her room-mate sail for Great Britain under the chaperonage of Miss Hooper, a favorite member of the faculty at Ashton College.

From Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer by Halsey, Rena I.