nuncio

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Recent Examples of nuncio His decision to appeal prompted Bruckner, who works as a ministry assistant at a Colorado nondenominational church, to ask Pierre, the apostolic nuncio, to review the court record. Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024 Nunn’s daughter, Krista Bruckner, wrote in February to the Vatican’s U.S. nuncio or ambassador, Cardinal Christophe Pierre. 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 See All Example Sentences for nuncio
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Noun
  • On June 19, Bulloch, the Confederate agent responsible for the Shenandoah’s commission as a raider, sent an urgent letter to Waddell via the British consul to inform him of bad news from home.
    Francine Uenuma, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 June 2025
  • Israel Bachar, Israel’s consul general for the U.S. Pacific Southwest, based in Los Angeles, said security has been increased at consul facilities and at other Jewish institutions.
    Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • The American Foreign Service Association, a union that represents tens of thousands of former and current diplomats, said Friday the layoffs are an indication to allies the U.S. is retreating from the global arena.
    Filip Timotija, The Hill, 11 July 2025
  • The State Department is warning U.S. diplomats of attempts to impersonate Secretary of State Marco Rubio and possibly other officials using technology driven by artificial intelligence, according to two senior officials and a cable sent last week to all embassies and consulates.
    Matthew Lee, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • The incident that caused the three deputies' deaths is still under investigation by the FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles Fire Department.
    Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 19 July 2025
  • The deputies had served 19, 22 and 33 years in the department, Luna said.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 July 2025
Noun
  • Boosters have been known to act as proxies for coaches, who accept NCAA rules prohibiting them from inducing recruits via compensation.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 15 July 2025
  • Edwards likens the idea of using proxies to political polling — directionally helpful but not precise.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • However, papal legates—diplomatic representatives—continue their external functions.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025
  • 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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