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Recent Examples of embassy
Greece offers tourist visas for stays of up to 90 days, and for longer visits, a D visa is available from a Greek consulate or embassy by completing an online application and an in-person visit.
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Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 1 Apr. 2026
These were the two books that the embassy gave me.
—Jeremy O. Harris, Vanity Fair, 1 Apr. 2026
On Monday, the United States formally resumed operations at its embassy in Caracas, marking the restoration of diplomatic relations with Venezuela for the first time since 2019.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2026
Officials at the embassy in Manama continued running convoys and ensuring everyone had visas required to cross the border until Thursday of that week, when the final eight people and 19 pets left to be evacuated were boarded onto vehicles and shuttled out of Bahrain.
—Shannon K. Kingston, ABC News, 30 Mar. 2026
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Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 1 Apr. 2026
These were the two books that the embassy gave me.
—Jeremy O. Harris, Vanity Fair, 1 Apr. 2026
On Monday, the United States formally resumed operations at its embassy in Caracas, marking the restoration of diplomatic relations with Venezuela for the first time since 2019.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2026
Officials at the embassy in Manama continued running convoys and ensuring everyone had visas required to cross the border until Thursday of that week, when the final eight people and 19 pets left to be evacuated were boarded onto vehicles and shuttled out of Bahrain.
—Shannon K. Kingston, ABC News, 30 Mar. 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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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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The Service’s regional headquarters will vanish, along with most of its research facilities and experimental forests—and also quite likely the sense of mission that has animated the agency for more than a century.—
Bill McKibben,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2026
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The downed 5-15E Strike Eagle had been on a regular mission, in and out of Iran, when it was shot down, sources said.—
Lucia I Suarez Sang,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Embassy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embassy. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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