embassy

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as in legation

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Recent Examples of embassy Lithuania's foreign minister said his country's embassy in Kyiv sustained damage when missiles hit nearby. — Greg Myre, NPR, 1 Aug. 2026 Lithuania’s foreign minister said the country’s embassy in Kyiv was damaged when missiles struck nearby overnight. — Vasilisa Stepanenko, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2026 The Viessmann deal brought a sprawling network of European distributors and service contracts under Carrier’s ownership, all of which predated the acquisition and resulted in the Iranian embassy transactions. — Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026 The Indian government summoned the chargé d’affaires of Iran’s embassy in Delhi to protest the strike. — Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for embassy
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  1. legation
  2. mission
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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
  • King Gojong, seeking to maintain Korean sovereignty, had fled to the Russian legation in Seoul in February 1896 following the assassination of Queen Min by Japanese agents the previous year.
    — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 13 Mar. 2026
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  • With a pretty 24-year-old brunette isolated in their quarantine quarters, Apollo 11’s astronauts Wednesday completed the 10-day task of discussing with experts the details of their moon-landing mission.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Sammy Watkins is the director of chaplains and does outreach work for the mission.
    — Beret Leone, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026
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