legation

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Recent Examples of legation 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, 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 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 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 The Japanese government promptly purchased more than 100 copies of Yardley’s book, sending it to embassies and legations to encourage them to strengthen their codes. Peter Zablocki, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Feb. 2025 Perle not only greeted them but invited them to dinner that night with the legation's employees. CBS News, 17 Jan. 2025
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Noun
  • China's embassy in Peru defended its trade and political ties this week ahead of Rubio's visit.
    Marco Aquino, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The Italian embassy intervened and posted an apology video from the group.
    Jintamas Saksornchai, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • And a 26-year-old naturalist named Charles Darwin arrived aboard the British Royal Navy ship HMS Beagle, which had sailed from England nearly four years earlier on a mission to chart South America.
    Michele Metych Britannica Editors Sep. 14, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Sep. 2026
  • For the past four years, the Kremlin’s mission has been to convince Russians that the war is anything but an emergency.
    MICHAEL KIMMAGE, Foreign Affairs, 14 Sep. 2026

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“Legation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legation. Accessed 15 Sep. 2026.

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