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n. - The act of escorting someone or something in order to protect them; A subordinate musical part; An event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another.

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  • There was no grand musical accompaniment; no triumphant, inspired sonata or symphony.
  • With musical accompaniment from the Conqueror Wyrms and the Plasma Miasma.
  • The presbytery were his assistants; so "with," implying merely accompaniment, is said of them.
  • Their traditional accompaniment is salsa borracha - “drunken sauce” - made with pasilla chiles and pulque.
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