Example Sentences

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Prices tumbled briefly on Tuesday after Energy Secretary Chris Wright said the U.S. had escorted an oil tanker through the Strait of Hormuz.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

Navy had escorted an oil tanker through the strait.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

Navy had escorted a tanker through the strait.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 10, 2026

Even though police departments in other Texas cities had escorted the bus under similar circumstances, San Marcos refused to do the same.

From Slate • Oct. 31, 2021

Or when that social worker had escorted him to his empty apartment to pack up a small bag of things, upending his life as yours had been upended, as mine had too.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman