consuls

Definition of consulsnext
plural of consul

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Noun
  • Foreign diplomats stationed in Caracas reported to me for years that Maduro’s personal security spoke Spanish in Cuban accents and that Maduro, who studied in Havana in his youth, often trusted Cuban advisers over his own people.
    Patrick Oppmann, CNN Money, 5 Jan. 2026
  • After Venezuela's economy endured a crash from 2013, Rodríguez helped spearhead a market-friendly policy overhaul, trying to win back Venezuela's economic elites, as well as foreign investors and diplomats.
    Robbie Griffiths, NPR, 4 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The video depicts deputies struggling to enter before getting inside and arresting demonstrators, who had been broadcasting demands that Stanford place divestment proposals on an upcoming Board of Trustees agenda.
    Ryan Macasero, Mercury News, 10 Jan. 2026
  • The Ventura County Sheriff's office said deputies found 67 pounds of marijuana, fentanyl, cocaine, promethazine, hundreds of oxycodone pills, six rifles and three handguns inside Baz's home in Van Nuys.
    Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 10 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The regime’s regional proxies have been devastated.
    Bobby Ghosh, Time, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Instead, control is often exercised through proxies — leaders who appear independent but remain politically, economically, or militarily dependent on external backers.
    Rick Singh, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • After World War I, the US Navy operated the Yangtze Patrol, a flotilla of gunboats that protected American interests – including missionaries and oil companies – inside China during a lengthy period of warlordism and instability.
    Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 10 Jan. 2026
  • The missionaries had hoped to bring Christianity to the Waorani, which was an isolated tribe that fiercely defended their territory at that time.
    Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 8 Jan. 2026
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“Consuls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consuls. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.

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