chargés d'affaires

noun

plural of chargé d'affaires
as in foreign ministers

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  1. diplomats
  2. proxies
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  • Iranian diplomats said Tehran was close to reaching a new arrangement with Oman to manage shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, a deal critical to preventing the war from escalating further, according to the Financial Times.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Advertisement But international diplomats viewed Rodríguez as a technocrat rather than an ideological hard-liner.
    — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 30 July 2026
Definition of diplomats
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  • Iran’s proxies in the region, the Houthis, have since blockaded another strait – the Bab-al-Mandeb – challenging Saudi Arabia’s ability to export oil through that alternate route.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
  • That’s as Tehran has used its proxies to expand the war across the region, most notably Houthis rebels threatening ships in the Red Sea that are trying to use the Bab el-Mandeb Strait to bypass the Strait of Hormuz.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of proxies
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“Chargés d'affaires.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/charg%C3%A9s%20d%27affaires. Accessed 10 Aug. 2026.

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