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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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As early as the first days of Israel's strikes, Tehran reportedly asked several countries to persuade U.S. President Donald Trump to call on Israel for an immediate ceasefire, NBC News reported, citing a Middle East diplomat with knowledge of the situation.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
17 June 2025
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Expanding Trump’s Travel Ban? A memo from U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sent Saturday to U.S. diplomats said 36 nations were being given 60 days to meet new benchmarks and requirements established by the State Department, according to the Post’s report.—
Suzanne Rowan Kelleher,
Forbes.com,
16 June 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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Multiple adults, including the mother, were monitoring the group of children swimming when the boy drowned, deputies said.—
Kate Linderman,
Kansas City Star,
13 June 2025
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Some of the photos were taken of the apartment in 2019 by a Transit American Services Inc. employee, said deputy district attorney Joseph Cannon, who prosecuted the case.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
13 June 2025
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Jobless claims — a proxy for layoffs — still remain low by historical standards, suggesting that employers are reluctant to cut staff despite uncertainty over Trump’s policies.—
Paul Wiseman,
Los Angeles Times,
6 June 2025
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The sculptures are not proxies of the body so much as objects that are able to hold space in multiple ways.—
Caitlin Woolsey,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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What People Are Saying The Kremlin targeted Ukrainian cities and civilians in retaliation for Kyiv's audacious drone raid on multiple Russian air bases on Sunday, Ukraine's foreign minister, Andrii Sybiha, said in a post to social media on Friday.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
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Israel’s deputy foreign minister, Sharren Haskel, defended the distribution effort and said Israel would continue to support it.—
Abeer Salman,
CNN Money,
3 June 2025
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On Saturday, Iran's UN ambassador said 78 people had been killed and more than 320 wounded since the start of Israel's attack.—
Rebecca Rosman,
NPR,
15 June 2025
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Iranian ambassador to the United Nations Saeed Amir Iravani said Friday that the Israeli strikes had thus far killed 78 people, the majority of them civilians, and injured more than 320.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 June 2025
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“Consul.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consul. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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