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Recent Examples of consul
Russia's Tass news agency earlier said the dead included at least two children, citing the country's consul in Hurghada.
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Arkansas Online, 28 Mar. 2025
Rubinstein, the band’s media manager, called contacts in Thailand and learned that the Russian consul in Phuket was likely behind their detention.
—Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2025
The federal prosecutor for the Wyoming Territory reported afterward that local authorities had hoped Frederick Bee, the Chinese consul in San Francisco, would arrange for Chinese testimony, but none materialized.
—Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
In the Arab provinces of the Ottoman Empire, for example, European and American consuls, missionaries, and merchants were landing on Eastern Mediterranean shores in growing numbers and were founding schools, universities, and their own courts of law.
—Vanessa Ogle, Foreign Affairs, 12 Oct. 2015
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Arkansas Online, 28 Mar. 2025
Rubinstein, the band’s media manager, called contacts in Thailand and learned that the Russian consul in Phuket was likely behind their detention.
—Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2025
The federal prosecutor for the Wyoming Territory reported afterward that local authorities had hoped Frederick Bee, the Chinese consul in San Francisco, would arrange for Chinese testimony, but none materialized.
—Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
In the Arab provinces of the Ottoman Empire, for example, European and American consuls, missionaries, and merchants were landing on Eastern Mediterranean shores in growing numbers and were founding schools, universities, and their own courts of law.
—Vanessa Ogle, Foreign Affairs, 12 Oct. 2015
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for consul
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Suspect charged with murder over deaths of Israeli Embassy staffers in Washington The strikes come a day after two Israeli Embassy staffers were shot while leaving a reception for young diplomats at the Capital Jewish Museum, in Washington.—
Wafaa Shurafa,
Los Angeles Times,
23 May 2025
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The young couple were not diplomats, but instead Lischinsky was a researcher in the political department of the Israeli Embassy, and Milgrim organized U.S. missions to Israel.—
Megan Forrester,
ABC News,
22 May 2025
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Andrei Vyshinsky, procurator general in the 1930s, had overseen Stalin’s horrendous purges of millions of ordinary citizens – plus most of the members of the Communist Party Central Committee and top Soviet generals.—
Peter Bridges,
The Christian Science Monitor,
10 Jan. 2022
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The procurator of Roman Britain, Catus Decianus, ordered an extra two hundred men to Camulodunum and figured the problem was solved.—
Anne Thériault,
Longreads,
14 May 2021
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After appealing to the papal nuncio and the patriarchate for help organizing an evacuation, a convoy left carrying around 30 residents — mostly families with children — escorted by the Lebanese military.—
Zoya Awky,
NBC News,
2 Oct. 2024
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Archbishop Angelo Roncalli had worked to save Jews while serving as nuncio, or ambassador, to Turkey, early in the Second World War, and had spent much of his time there in the company of Orthodox Christians and Muslims.—
Paul Elie,
The New Yorker,
26 Feb. 2025
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The deputies that fired their weapons are placed on administrative assignment, Codd said.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
1 June 2025
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The White House deputy press secretary, Harrison Fields, said the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is creating media to support a particular political party on the taxpayers' dime.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
1 June 2025
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In Lebanon, the 2023–24 Israel–Hezbollah war devastated Iran's top proxy.—
Clare Morell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 May 2025
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Unreliable Web data-gathering solutions and questionably sourced proxies will lead to operational failures and reputational damage.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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The Kyiv Independent reported that Russia’s foreign minister reiterated that no deal would be considered without committing to NATO halting eastward expansion, which would prevent Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova from ever entering the alliance.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
29 May 2025
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His post-ambassadorial career included serving as Sweden’s foreign minister and a number of senior positions at the United Nations: president of the General Assembly, special envoy to Darfur, Sudan, and deputy secretary-general.—
John T. Shaw,
Chicago Tribune,
26 May 2025
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After winning his first MVP award in 2015, Stephen Curry became the face of the Golden State Warriors franchise and one of the league’s ambassadors.—
Mark LaSota,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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Speaking to reporters, Israel's ambassador to the U.S.—
Becky Sullivan,
NPR,
22 May 2025
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“Consul.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consul. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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