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Recent Examples of Synonyms for consuls
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Iranian officials in recent years had also been increasingly threatening that the Islamic Republic could seek the bomb, even while its diplomats have pointed to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s preachings as a binding fatwa, or religious edict, that Iran wouldn’t build one.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
9 Feb. 2026 -
Intelligence leaks surface before diplomats can respond.—
Charles Edward Gehrke,
Fortune,
9 Feb. 2026
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Collier County deputies arrested Zecca at the same Naples apartment where the July 2025 shooting occurred.—
Lauryn Overhultz,
FOXNews.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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Property taxes fund sheriff’s deputies, fire rescue, EMS, drainage, and the infrastructure that makes growth livable.—
Sean Parks,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Feb. 2026
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Last month, the company begun soliciting proxies to challenge Warner’s agreement with Netflix.—
Wyatte Grantham-Philips,
Fortune,
10 Feb. 2026
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However, trial creators, researchers, and proxies have thought through how those experiences could shape expectations, study design, and clinical decisions.—
Ian Reardon,
STAT,
2 Feb. 2026
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By the mid-sixties and seventies, Unification missionaries were flooding Japan.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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Before that, there were Picts, Celts, and early Christian missionaries (it is thought that the great Irish warrior-saint Columba may have visited Eilean Shona).—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Consuls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consuls. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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