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Recent Examples of consul
For Napoleon, then France’s first consul, 1802 was a critical year.
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 May 2025
Six of the people were Mexican nationals, Raul Garcia, deputy consul at the Mexican Consulate in Philadelphia, tells Axios.
—Mike D'onofrio, Axios, 29 Jan. 2025
After running a campaign along these lines, Marcus won the race for consul, gaining the most votes of any candidate.
—Quintus Tullius Cicero, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2012
Russia's Tass news agency earlier said the dead included at least two children, citing the country's consul in Hurghada.
—Arkansas Online, 28 Mar. 2025
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 May 2025
Six of the people were Mexican nationals, Raul Garcia, deputy consul at the Mexican Consulate in Philadelphia, tells Axios.
—Mike D'onofrio, Axios, 29 Jan. 2025
After running a campaign along these lines, Marcus won the race for consul, gaining the most votes of any candidate.
—Quintus Tullius Cicero, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2012
Russia's Tass news agency earlier said the dead included at least two children, citing the country's consul in Hurghada.
—Arkansas Online, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for consul
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While the Israelis have reportedly agreed to move troops farther away from key corridors, some question if Israeli diplomats shuttling to Qatar and Egypt for talks actually have the mandate to negotiate.—
Daniel DePetris,
Chicago Tribune,
22 July 2025
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi reportedly told the European Union’s top diplomat earlier this month that Beijing can’t accept Russia losing its war against Ukraine as this could allow the United States to turn its full attention to China.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
22 July 2025
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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
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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
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That same day the pontiff had met with apostolic nuncios and other papal representatives in the Vatican.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
18 June 2025
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After appealing to the papal nuncio and the patriarchate for help organizing an evacuation, a convoy left carrying around 30 residents — mostly families with children — escorted by the Lebanese military.—
Zoya Awky,
NBC News,
2 Oct. 2024
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The deputy and his now-widow, Jacqueline Reckling, had four children, including one born after the deputy was killed.—
Darcie Moran,
Freep.com,
31 July 2025
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On the ground, Rubins was appointed the acting deputy director of NASA's Human Health and Performance Directorate and was the Astronaut Office's lead for the development of the spacesuits that Artemis crew members will wear while exploring the south pole of the moon.—
Robert Z. Pearlman,
Space.com,
30 July 2025
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The Department’s data are not final cohort default rates but rather a proxy using interim data: the percentage of borrowers who entered repayment after January 2020 and were either in default or more than 90 days delinquent as of May 2025.—
Robert Farrington,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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Fubo stockholders must also approve the deal at a meeting of shareholders, date still to come, the company said in a preliminary proxy filed with the SEC today.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
28 July 2025
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Their leaders will meet in Malaysia on Monday to discuss the escalating conflict, according to Malaysia’s state news agency, citing the country’s foreign minister.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
27 July 2025
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Such trade and investment deals should be the focus of the next C5+1 ministerial conference, an annual meeting of U.S. and Central Asian foreign ministers held since 2015.—
JEFFREY MANKOFF,
Foreign Affairs,
24 July 2025
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Beyoncé, an ambassador for Levi’s, dressed in outlaw drag, arrives at a semi-deserted laundromat.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
2 Aug. 2025
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Flaco Jiménez, the legendary accordion player who was perhaps the foremost ambassador for regional Tejano music in the 20th century, died at 86 on July 31st.—
Jonathan Bernstein,
Rolling Stone,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Consul.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consul. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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