Example Sentences

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Navy has escorted ships in the Gulf before, notably in the 1980s during the Iran-Iraq war, when President Ronald Reagan authorized Kuwaiti tankers to be reflagged as American ships and given a naval escort.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 5, 2026

A representative from a company, Provide Rx, has escorted patients from the San Diego airport to Hospital Angeles in Tijuana, Mexico, and back across the border.

From Fox News • Feb. 9, 2020

The cavalry has escorted military generals like World War I Gen. John J. Pershing, royalty including Queen Elizabeth of England and war heroes like” Band of Brothers” leader Maj.

From Washington Times • Jan. 12, 2017

Williams has escorted the winner of the Bridgestone on eight occasions, the first seven with Woods.

From Golf Digest • Aug. 8, 2011

Long after Thomas has escorted me back to my apartment and left, and long after midnight has passed, I sit awake at my computer and study Metias’s crime report.

From "Legend" by Marie Lu