chargé d'affaires

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Recent Examples of chargé d'affaires Speaking in Warsaw, Sikorski confirmed that the Russian charge d'affaires was summoned to receive a formal protest note, though the diplomat refused to acknowledge the drones as Russian. Amanda Castro shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025 Poland summoned the Russian charge d'affaires to demand an explanation after one such incident in December 2023. David Brennan, ABC News, 25 Feb. 2025 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chargé d'affaires
Noun
  • Oman’s foreign minister, Badr al-Busaidi, confirmed the talks.
    Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Iran's foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, said Friday that diplomacy was the only way forward.
    Greg Myre, NPR, 21 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • This is the question explored in The War Room, which examines Bill Clinton's presidential bid via the proxies of James Carville and George Stephanopoulos, who ran his campaign and engineered its success in an outsized way.
    Eric Farwell, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Feb. 2026
  • But Baba’s streets were crawling with ICE proxies during his entire childhood.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • America’s top diplomat says a dramatic shift must be made by Cuba’s government because that’s the only way to improve the quality of life of its citizens.
    Dallas Morning News, Dallas Morning News, 25 Feb. 2026
  • But experts, diplomats, Cuban Americans and Cuban private entrepreneurs have been warning the administration that a complete halt of oil supplies would risk the country’s total collapse, since the population was already enduring a profound humanitarian crisis.
    Nora Gamez Torres, Miami Herald, 25 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The Mexican consul in Los Angeles, Carlos González Gutiérrez, agreed.
    Eduard Cauich, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Pádraig Manning is the vice consul.
    Brian Cahalane, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026

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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 26 Feb. 2026.

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