consul

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Recent Examples of consul According to Reforma, Rocha, a Mexican businessman who also serves as a consul of Guatemala in Mexico, is considered by FRG to be an alleged leader of a criminal organization that smuggles fuel in boats through the Usumacinta River and then in trucks to Querétaro, Mexico. Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 26 Nov. 2025 Video games are not just the latest shooter or combat titles released for gaming consuls and PCs. Andrew McGowan, Variety, 8 Oct. 2025 In the letter Leclerc demanded to enter the port while denying that in sending these troops, part of the largest expedition to ever sail from France, the first consul intended to reinstate slavery. Marlene L. Daut september 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025 On May 1, the Guatemalan vice consul and a female staffer in Tucson visited Mateo to check on her well-being after receiving a notification from CBP. Raphael Romero Ruiz, AZCentral.com, 6 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for consul
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Noun
  • Scientists have played a critical role alongside diplomats in averting a civilization-disrupting nuclear weapons disaster for the past 75 years.
    J. Xavier Prochaska, Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2026
  • The European Union's top diplomat said the 27-nation bloc does not want to be dragged into the conflict with Iran.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Andrei Vyshinsky, procurator general in the 1930s, had overseen Stalin’s horrendous purges of millions of ordinary citizens – plus most of the members of the Communist Party Central Committee and top Soviet generals.
    Peter Bridges, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Jan. 2022
  • The procurator of Roman Britain, Catus Decianus, ordered an extra two hundred men to Camulodunum and figured the problem was solved.
    Anne Thériault, Longreads, 14 May 2021
Noun
  • The Dicastery for Bishops organizes such appointments, via the Vatican’s ambassador to the country—the nuncio.
    Paul Elie, New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2026
  • The ceremony will be presided over by Cardinal Christophe Pierre, the apostolic nuncio to the United States.
    Ashley Carnahan, FOXNews.com, 18 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • The song progresses as the video shows scenes of deputies rummaging through the rapper's possessions, including several coats in a closet and CDs stacked near a stereo.
    Edward Segarra, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026
  • The sheriff’s office sent an evacuation notice to people living in a 2-mile radius and deputies are going door to door to alert people, though many of the homes are vacation homes, agency officials said.
    Katie Langford, Denver Post, 18 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Soon after the United States and Israel attacked Iran, Hezbollah—a paramilitary group and a political party that wields tremendous power in Lebanon, and is an Iranian proxy—struck back, firing missiles at Israel.
    Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Note, however, that some video streaming services, including Hulu, block you from streaming content if you are connected to a VPN or proxy.
    Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 19 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Iran's foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, told Al Jazeera that recent killings would not destabilize his country's leadership.
    NPR Staff, NPR, 18 Mar. 2026
  • India’s foreign minister, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, told the Financial Times the two vessels’ were able to pass following talks with Iran.
    Sheikh Saaliq, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • As for his timepiece, DiCaprio is a brand ambassador for Rolex.
    Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 16 Mar. 2026
  • The largest toll comes from Iran, with more than 1,300 dead, Iran’s ambassador to the UN said in the most recent update last week.
    Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 16 Mar. 2026

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“Consul.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consul. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.

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