as in accompanies
to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship
will convoy the shipment to its destination in the war zone
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for convoys
Verb
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Brundage accompanies his narrative of evolving prison policies with voices and stories of individual men.—
Drew Gilpin Faust,
The Atlantic,
8 Feb. 2026 -
The editorial accompanies a study that analyzed data from all of Connecticut’s census block groups, looking at the median travel time to the nearest opioid treatment program by car and public transit.—
Theresa Gaffney,
STAT,
4 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Trump has referred to aircraft carriers and their accompanying destroyers as armadas and flotillas.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Feb. 2026
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Each year, the flotillas have been intercepted by the Israeli army.—
Jonathan Bernstein,
Rolling Stone,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Having a dominant interior presence who draws extra defenders, Thomas said, could do wonders for a scorer wired to attack gaps.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
9 Feb. 2026
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Seattle has four different defenders who recorded 50-plus pressures this season, including defensive tackles Leonard Williams and Byron Murphy II (seven sacks apiece).—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
8 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Enriquez’s organization, Little Village Community Council, saw its volunteer walking group which escorts children to school, grow from 13 to 32 students.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
16 Nov. 2025
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Medlin escorts me down the hall to the judge’s office, where Skeet is in a meeting with some local men.—
Mitch Moxley,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Educators and parents in the district have been working as chauffeurs, delivery drivers, bodyguards, and deterrence squads.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
31 Jan. 2026
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But as Duterte’s father, Vicente, had increasingly gravitated toward Malacañang, his son hung out with the family bodyguards—and crafted the persona of a rough-talking bugoy, or hoodlum, in his native Bisayan tongue.—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Humanoid has unveiled a new AI system designed to control and coordinate entire robot fleets under a single digital brain.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Feb. 2026
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Salesforce’s billion-dollar ‘Agentforce’ initiative envisions companies building fleets of autonomous agents that live directly inside its CRM software.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
5 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Protester caravans regularly form behind immigration convoys, creating mobile protests of anger and warning that weave through city streets.—
Tim Sullivan,
Fortune,
29 Jan. 2026
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The styling isn't all that radically different from what caravans are today, but it is rounded out for better aerodynamics.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
21 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Or are the neighbor's dogs enjoying the gap between two pickets?—
Josh Kelly,
Oklahoman,
16 Jan. 2026
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According to the organization's strike map on its website, there are no strikes or pickets planned in Michigan.—
Sarah Moore,
Freep.com,
13 Nov. 2025
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“Convoys.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convoys. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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