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
  • In an interview with CNN Monday, Israel's foreign minister, Gideon Sa'ar, declined to rule out assassination plans targeting Khamenei, saying Israel would not disclose operational steps in advance.
    NPR Staff, NPR, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Top Iranian politicians — the president, foreign minister and parliament speaker — sent effusive congratulations to Khamenei.
    Ramin Mostaghim, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Iran and its proxies have a long history of conducting attacks abroad.
    Colin P. Clarke, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2026
  • But transformation imposed at gunpoint, through a proxy force assembled in days without a clear political strategy and without a plan for the morning after, is not liberation.
    John Calabrese, The Conversation, 7 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • At the United Nations, the Security Council was to vote Wednesday afternoon on the Gulf Cooperation Council resolution, according to three diplomats speaking on condition of anonymity.
    Dallas Morning News, Dallas Morning News, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Iran’s first act of war against us was the 1979 seizure of the embassy in Tehran and the humiliating 444-day captivity of American diplomats.
    Elan Journo, Oc Register, 10 Mar. 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 14 Mar. 2026.

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