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Mr Nunan's dog, Thumbelina, had been accompanying him on the trip and was found alive and well on the boat, which had its anchor raised and its engine off.

From BBC • Sep. 16, 2025

His wife, Terri Rand, 66, had been accompanying him.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 3, 2023

Mamadou Mbaye, a Tivaouane resident, said he had been accompanying a relative to the hospital's radiology ward when he heard that a fire had broken out at the neonatal unit.

From Reuters • May 27, 2022

Immediately after the premiere, all 110 performers in the Vienna Philharmonic, which had been accompanying “Elektra,” took tests for the coronavirus, a process they are undertaking regularly during their stay in Salzburg.

From New York Times • Aug. 5, 2020

First, however, he turned on Bias, who all the time had been accompanying, dog-fashion.

From A Victor of Salamis by Davis, William Stearns