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or chaperon
as in to accompany
to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship
three parents will chaperone the students on the school trip
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Recent Examples of chaperone
Katie Klingsporn, The Denver Post, 31 July 2024
After chaperoning his 8-year-old son, Miles, on a school field trip to a museum, Wier received a phone call from the school principal inquiring about a possible shoplifting incident.
—Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 25 July 2024
Jake Kanter, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2024
The children were students at St. Mark Lutheran School in Eau Claire, Wis., and at the Lafayette orchard on a field trip accompanied by parents and chaperones.
—Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2024
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Law helps students get their driver’s licenses, chaperones college visits and makes calls when kids get arrested.
—Katie Klingsporn, The Denver Post, 31 July 2024
After chaperoning his 8-year-old son, Miles, on a school field trip to a museum, Wier received a phone call from the school principal inquiring about a possible shoplifting incident.
—Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 25 July 2024
Noun
Season 22 of Strictly Come Dancing is underway in the UK, with the BBC introducing new welfare measures for contestants, including training room chaperones.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2024
The children were students at St. Mark Lutheran School in Eau Claire, Wis., and at the Lafayette orchard on a field trip accompanied by parents and chaperones.
—Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2024
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Occupation, along with the repression and hardship that accompanied it, rallied new recruits to Hezbollah and other Lebanese armed political parties’ ranks.Sarah E. Parkinson, Foreign Affairs, 11 Nov. 2024
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Perimenopausal symptoms begin when women reach their 40s, triggered by hormonal fluctuations and accompanied by irregular periods, brain fog, insomnia and hair loss.Akshay Syal, M.D., NBC News, 10 Nov. 2024
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In a heartbreaking moment long after the terrible incident has taken place, Yuen shows his vulnerability by breaking down in tears of shame after hiring an escort and being robbed by her employers before anything happens.Richard Kuipers, Variety, 2 Nov. 2024
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Meanwhile, Kloss worked as a care escort for Planned Parenthood patients, and founded the Gateway Coalition, a collective that funds clinics providing reproductive healthcare in the Midwest.Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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Rocco, a retired teacher and administrator for the district has been a board member for over nine years.Alexcia Negrete, Orange County Register, 9 Nov. 2024
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Cosby began her career as a teacher in an IPS elementary school and is program chair and professor of education at the Ivy Tech Community College campus in Indianapolis.Caroline Beck, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Nov. 2024
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Nobody will be able to fill Dianne’s immense shoes, but her memory will be my guide.Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 5 Nov. 2024
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Indiana voter guide:Who's running for Congress, Statehouse, governor, AG and school board Contact IndyStar state government and politics reporter Kayla Dwyer at kdwyer@indystar.com or follow her on Twitter @kayla_dwyer17.Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Nov. 2024
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The company has extended the deadline to complete its initial business combination to November 20, 2024, with further extensions possible upon sponsor approval.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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New award sponsors this year include the South Korean entertainment group CJ ENM HK, Blintn, ADATA Technology, First Bank, Genesis Wave Film Co., ZW ENM, Shoei Contents Corporation, and Philippines’ QCinema Project Market.Patrick Frater, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024
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Beginning at five-years-old, Minasian worked with his father, Zack Sr., a longtime clubhouse manager for the Texas Rangers from 1988 to 2009, as a bat boy and clubhouse attendant.Justice delos Santos, The Mercury News, 1 Nov. 2024
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His four sons — Rudy is the oldest and Calvin wedged between Perry and Zack — all served as bat boys and clubhouse attendants, immersed in the day-to-day routines of big league players.Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
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The all-time winningest coach in U.S. Soccer and MLS, Arena was announced last week as the coach and sporting director of the Earthquakes, who haven’t had a winning record since 2013 and haven’t won a playoff game since 2012.Harold Gutmann, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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This year’s team has two seniors: setter Brooklyn Sutter (the coach’s daughter) and middle hitter Veronica Baray.Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 13 Nov. 2024
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Ethan — Victor’s squire and one of the few people in town who sees this as a quest, also sees the Boy In White, perhaps the best team player in town despite his age.Erik Kain, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
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In the prequel, set a century before the events of Game of Thrones, two unlikely heroes wandered Westeros… a young, naïve but courageous knight, Ser Duncan the Tall, and his diminutive squire, Egg (Dexter Sol Ansell).Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Chaperone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chaperone. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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