chargé d'affaires

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Recent Examples of chargé d'affaires Condolences were sent by foreign leaders and diplomats, including the U.S. charge d'affaires. Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 28 Mar. 2012 Elizabeth Rood, the charge d'affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, is also in attendance at court, CNN’s Frederik Pleitgen reported. Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 1 July 2022 Earlier in the day, Kuwait followed Saudi Arabia and Bahrain by ordering the Lebanese charge d'affaires Saturday to leave the emirate within two days. The Associated. Press, Arkansas Online, 31 Oct. 2021 Daniel Smith to lead the US Embassy in New Delhi as the new charge d'affaires. Jennifer Hansler, CNN, 7 May 2021 In Bum Chun; Andrei Lankov, director, NK News, professor, Kookmin University; Evans J.R. Revere, former deputy chief of mission and charge d'affaires, U.S. Embassy, Seoul. Jamie McIntyre, Washington Examiner, 24 Mar. 2021 Beyond Yovanovitch, staffers like her replacement, charge d'affaires Bill Taylor, and David Holmes, who served as political counselor in Kyiv, were called to testify about Trump's plan. Conor Finnegan, ABC News, 6 May 2021
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Noun
  • Goff has had a storied political career and has served as foreign minister, a Labour Party leader and mayor of Auckland.
    Rachel Wolf, Fox News, 6 Mar. 2025
  • In 2018, Nobel Peace Prize winner Nadia Murad, a Yezidi woman who survived ISIS atrocities, asked Turkey's foreign minister to stop airstrikes on Sinjar.
    Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • And Iran’s regional proxies, Hezbollah and Hamas, are in no condition to threaten Israel with retaliation should the Iranian facilities come under attack.
    David E. Sanger, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2025
  • Citing people familiar with the situation, Bloomberg stated Trump expressed an interest to work with Iran on both nuclear matters and Tehran's support for anti-U.S. proxies in the Middle East during a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin last month.
    Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the talks followed an understanding reached during President Donald Trump's call with Russian President Vladimir Putin and contact between senior Russian and U.S. diplomats and other officials in Saudi Arabia.
    JILL LAWLESS AND AAMER MADHANI THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 28 Feb. 2025
  • The Istanbul negotiations followed earlier discussions between senior diplomats from both nations in Saudi Arabia, as well as a phone call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Putin.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Will be rendered speechless by a missing button on the blouse of the wife of the Swiss consul, and the way the wind brushed back Agafya’s hair to show her collarbone.
    Daniel Mason, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
  • In his role as consul, Marcus uncovered the conspiracy and persuaded the senate to declare war on Catiline, who was subsequently killed in battle.
    Quintus Tullius Cicero, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2012

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“Chargé d'affaires.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/charg%C3%A9%20d%27affaires. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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