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Recent Examples of embassy
Associated Press footage showed a column of smoke rising Saturday morning over the embassy compound.
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ABC News, 14 Mar. 2026
An Iraqi security official told NPR the strike hit a radar installation inside the embassy compound.
—Npr Staff, NPR, 14 Mar. 2026
Cuba has since shuttered its embassy there.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2026
After the embassy contacted families, about two-thirds of the students — roughly 250 children, including around 100 Americans — withdrew from the school and returned to their home countries, according to parents and a person familiar with the investigation.
—Mark Banchereau, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
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ABC News, 14 Mar. 2026
An Iraqi security official told NPR the strike hit a radar installation inside the embassy compound.
—Npr Staff, NPR, 14 Mar. 2026
Cuba has since shuttered its embassy there.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2026
After the embassy contacted families, about two-thirds of the students — roughly 250 children, including around 100 Americans — withdrew from the school and returned to their home countries, according to parents and a person familiar with the investigation.
—Mark Banchereau, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for embassy
Noun
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Flags at all United States embassies, legations, consular offices and other facilities abroad, including all military facilities and naval vessels and stations will also be flown at half-staff.—
Joyce Orlando,
Nashville Tennessean,
28 Aug. 2025
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But after about a month, his typing skills landed him a job as a typist at the American legation in Stockholm, DiGeorge said.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Ahead of a meeting in Brussels, the European Union's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said the bloc's foreign ministers would discuss possibly extending a naval mission that protects ships in the Red Sea to the Strait of Hormuz, without giving any details.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
17 Mar. 2026
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Indian hotelier Ashok Khanna founded the place as a response to epidemic stress levels, with a mission to rebalance holistically.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Embassy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embassy. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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