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Recent Examples of nuncio
Nunn’s daughter, Krista Bruckner, wrote in February to the Vatican’s U.S. nuncio or ambassador, Cardinal Christophe Pierre.
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Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024
Ukraine has passed messages and lists of names to the papal nuncio in Kyiv, Archbishop Visvaldas Kulbokas, who forwards them via the Holy See to the Russian Orthodox Church in Moscow, according to a Ukrainian official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter.
—Isobel Koshiw, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2023
Ortega kicked out the papal nuncio, the Vatican's top diplomat in March.
—Megan Janetsky, ajc, 13 Feb. 2023
In 2016, Pope Francis appointed Russell as apostolic nuncio to Turkey and Turkmenistan, and gave him that same year the title of archbishop.
—Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 3 Aug. 2022
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Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024
Ukraine has passed messages and lists of names to the papal nuncio in Kyiv, Archbishop Visvaldas Kulbokas, who forwards them via the Holy See to the Russian Orthodox Church in Moscow, according to a Ukrainian official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter.
—Isobel Koshiw, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2023
Ortega kicked out the papal nuncio, the Vatican's top diplomat in March.
—Megan Janetsky, ajc, 13 Feb. 2023
In 2016, Pope Francis appointed Russell as apostolic nuncio to Turkey and Turkmenistan, and gave him that same year the title of archbishop.
—Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 3 Aug. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nuncio
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Six of the people were Mexican nationals, Raul Garcia, deputy consul at the Mexican Consulate in Philadelphia, tells Axios.—
Mike D'Onofrio,
Axios,
29 Jan. 2025
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After running a campaign along these lines, Marcus won the race for consul, gaining the most votes of any candidate.—
Quintus Tullius Cicero,
Foreign Affairs,
20 Apr. 2012
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In the years after the Second World War, Canadian diplomats played an outsize role in the reconstruction of the global economy.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
29 Apr. 2025
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By the 19th century diplomats like Klemens von Metternich, the Chancellor of the Austrian Empire, spent entire careers attempting to balance Europe’s feuding powers.—
Nic Robertson,
CNN Money,
29 Apr. 2025
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Andrei Vyshinsky, procurator general in the 1930s, had overseen Stalin’s horrendous purges of millions of ordinary citizens – plus most of the members of the Communist Party Central Committee and top Soviet generals.—
Peter Bridges,
The Christian Science Monitor,
10 Jan. 2022
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The procurator of Roman Britain, Catus Decianus, ordered an extra two hundred men to Camulodunum and figured the problem was solved.—
Anne Thériault,
Longreads,
14 May 2021
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Racial profiling concerns Kendrick said the agreement doesn’t mean deputies will target people for immigration enforcement who aren’t already under investigation for criminal activity.—
Rachel Spacek,
Idaho Statesman,
25 Apr. 2025
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The deputy then found that the passenger, a 17-year-old boy, had the loaded ghost gun, police said.—
Clifford Ward,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Apr. 2025
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Other proxy resolutions including the slate of Board of Director nominees and executive compensation were also approved by a majority of stockholders.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
23 Apr. 2025
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Follow This, the Dutch climate shareholder group that has been hounding energy companies for years to clean up their act, stepped back from its campaign of filing proxy resolutions, predicting a lackluster response from investors.—
Vivienne Walt,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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However, papal legates—diplomatic representatives—continue their external functions.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Apr. 2025
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In the 1520s Thomas Wolsey, Cardinal legate of England, drove forward a similar program of moral and financial reform, winding up a further 29 monasteries.—
Crawford Gribben,
WSJ,
29 Apr. 2022
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“Nuncio.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nuncio. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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