consul

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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. 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 See All Example Sentences for consul
Recent Examples of Synonyms for consul
Noun
  • Ostensibly in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, North Korea imposed the harshest lockdowns on the planet; even its diplomats were sealed off from foreign contact.
    John Delury, Foreign Affairs, 3 June 2025
  • Following the speech, the European Union’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas pushed back at Hegseth’s comment that European countries should focus their defense efforts in their own region and leave the Indo-Pacific more to the U.S.
    Tara Copp, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Any deputies who fired their weapon will be placed on administrative assignment pending the outcome of the investigation.
    David Fleshler, Sun Sentinel, 1 June 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Unreliable Web data-gathering solutions and questionably sourced proxies will lead to operational failures and reputational damage.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
  • In Lebanon, the 2023–24 Israel–Hezbollah war devastated Iran's top proxy.
    Clare Morell, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • As for other content throughout the season, Love Island Australia star Callum Hole and Love Island USA alum Cely Vasquez will be serving as social ambassadors.
    Jordana Comiter, People.com, 3 June 2025
  • Johnson wore a sleek strapless Ferragamo look on Thursday for an event celebrating her new role as a Roberto Coin global ambassador.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 3 June 2025

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“Consul.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consul. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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