chargé d'affaires

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Recent Examples of chargé d'affaires 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 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 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 The embassy said in a statement on its official Facebook page that there are now only 290 expatriates within North Korea, including just nine ambassadors and four charge d'affaires. Joshua Berlinger, CNN, 2 Apr. 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
  • Earlier this week Ukraine’s foreign minister said that in June alone, Russia launched over 330 missiles, including nearly 80 ballistic missiles, 5,000 combat drones, and 5,000 gliding bombs against Ukraine.
    Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 3 July 2025
  • Bargaining Chips Officially, Russia's military objectives remain unchanged since Putin outlined a peace plan in June of last year and later reiterated to Newsweek by Russia's former ambassador to the U.S. and foreign minister.
    Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said Putin's and Peskov's statements show Moscow has not abandoned its war aims, which include government change, a pro-Russian proxy government in Kyiv, and limitations on Ukraine's military.
    Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 July 2025
  • The church, through its Board of Pensions, plans to present the proposal at the company’s annual stockholder meeting later this summer, according to Albertsons’ annual proxy statement released June 20.
    Angela Palermo July 4, Idaho Statesman, 4 July 2025
Noun
  • The law has been interpreted since 1898 to guarantee U.S. citizenship to nearly all individuals born within the country's territory, except for very specific exceptions such as children of diplomats.
    Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 June 2025
  • The move broke with longstanding precedent that all babies born in the United States are automatically U.S. citizens, with the exception of the children of diplomats.
    Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • At least America’s Emperor of Chaos has not made his horse a consul.
    Maureen Dowd, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
  • For Napoleon, then France’s first consul, 1802 was a critical year.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 May 2025

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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 8 Jul. 2025.

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