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The underdog framing, the embassy accounts running wild on X, the cultural-reference dunking on a bloated American president—these are Ukrainian moves, transposed to a different war.
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Bobby Ghosh, Time, 27 May 2026
The world will not come to a halt if the United States does not have an ambassador in every embassy.
—Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 26 May 2026
The Ambassador will star former Full Frontal with Samantha Bee presenter and Daily Show correspondent Bee as Olivia Winters, a former actor turned diplomat at the Canadian embassy in Bulgaria.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 26 May 2026
In January, a protester scaled the balcony of the Iranian embassy in London, pulling down the official national flag and brandishing the pre-revolution lion and sun flag.
—Adam Crafton, New York Times, 25 May 2026
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Bobby Ghosh, Time, 27 May 2026
The world will not come to a halt if the United States does not have an ambassador in every embassy.
—Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 26 May 2026
The Ambassador will star former Full Frontal with Samantha Bee presenter and Daily Show correspondent Bee as Olivia Winters, a former actor turned diplomat at the Canadian embassy in Bulgaria.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 26 May 2026
In January, a protester scaled the balcony of the Iranian embassy in London, pulling down the official national flag and brandishing the pre-revolution lion and sun flag.
—Adam Crafton, New York Times, 25 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for embassy
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Her husband, King Gojong, subsequently sought refuge in the Russian legation and later proclaimed the Great Korean (Dae Han) Empire in 1897 in a symbolic assertion of sovereignty that failed to halt Japan’s advance.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
23 Mar. 2026
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King Gojong fled to the Russian legation in Seoul in February 1896, governing from foreign soil, a national humiliation that underscored Korea's loss of sovereignty.—
Hannah Abraham,
Forbes.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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Carrying forward the philanthropic aspect of the partnership, $1 from every purchase in the Pride Collection will support EJAF’s mission to help end AIDS and combat LGBTQIA+ stigma around the world.—
Jaden Thompson,
Footwear News,
1 June 2026
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Hence, sharing complex mission data or receiving new instructions forces the drones to halt operations and swim all the way back to the surface.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
1 June 2026
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“Embassy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embassy. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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