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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.
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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
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
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What People Are Saying The Kremlin targeted Ukrainian cities and civilians in retaliation for Kyiv's audacious drone raid on multiple Russian air bases on Sunday, Ukraine's foreign minister, Andrii Sybiha, said in a post to social media on Friday.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
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Israel’s deputy foreign minister, Sharren Haskel, defended the distribution effort and said Israel would continue to support it.—
Abeer Salman,
CNN Money,
3 June 2025
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Jobless claims — a proxy for layoffs — still remain low by historical standards, suggesting that employers are reluctant to cut staff despite uncertainty over Trump’s policies.—
Paul Wiseman,
Los Angeles Times,
6 June 2025
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The sculptures are not proxies of the body so much as objects that are able to hold space in multiple ways.—
Caitlin Woolsey,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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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
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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
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At least America’s Emperor of Chaos has not made his horse a consul.—
Maureen Dowd,
The Mercury News,
25 Feb. 2025
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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 18 Jun. 2025.
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