foreign service
noun
: the field force of a foreign office comprising diplomatic and consular personnel
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Prime Video’s Grace said her platform, besides featuring live NHL games on Mondays, is also focused on offering Canadian TV sport channels like TSN and Sports domestically, and foreign services like DAZN and Fubo Sports Network, as stand-alone products available through their Prime Video accounts.
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Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
In Season 1 of The Diplomat, Russell plays a seasoned foreign service officer more at home in a crisis zone than an upper-crust atmosphere.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 8 Aug. 2024
The remaining slots go to foreign service officers in the diplomatic corps.
—Hans Nichols, Axios, 16 July 2024
Rocha, who climbed the foreign service ladder to become the ambassador to Bolivia in 2000 during the George W. Bush administration, was arrested in December after the FBI launched a sting operation in late 2022.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 21 June 2024
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Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
In Season 1 of The Diplomat, Russell plays a seasoned foreign service officer more at home in a crisis zone than an upper-crust atmosphere.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 8 Aug. 2024
The remaining slots go to foreign service officers in the diplomatic corps.
—Hans Nichols, Axios, 16 July 2024
Rocha, who climbed the foreign service ladder to become the ambassador to Bolivia in 2000 during the George W. Bush administration, was arrested in December after the FBI launched a sting operation in late 2022.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 21 June 2024
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“Foreign service.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreign%20service. Accessed 2 Nov. 2024.
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