How to Use semiofficial in a Sentence
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As Fakhrizadeh’s sedan stopped, at least five gunmen emerged and raked the car with rapid fire, the semiofficial Tasnim news agency said.
—Amir Vahdat and Jon Gambrell, chicagotribune.com, 28 Nov. 2020
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As Fakhrizadeh's sedan stopped, at least five gunmen emerged and raked the car with rapid fire, the semiofficial Tasnim news agency said.
—Jon Gambrell, Star Tribune, 27 Nov. 2020
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The semiofficial Fars news agency reported that he was killed in an attack in Absard, to the east of Tehran.
—Adam Shaw, Fox News, 28 Nov. 2020
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As Fakhrizadeh’s sedan stopped, at least five gunmen emerged and opened fire, the semiofficial Tasnim news agency said.
—Fox News, 29 Nov. 2020
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The semiofficial Fars News released some of the videos purporting to be of the attacks on its Twitter account.
—Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 7 Jan. 2020
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Tasnim, a semiofficial news agency close to Iran’s hard-liners, said limpet mines had been used in the attack.
—Gordon Lubold, WSJ, 7 Apr. 2021
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The semiofficial naming of the area was at odds with the name of the post office and created confusion, Kelley said.
—Christian Martinezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2022
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The semiofficial Fars news agency said a member of Iran's paramilitary Basij force was stabbed to death in Karaj.
—Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2022
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Initial reports in semiofficial media outlets that 18 Iranians were killed in the strikes in Hama were later changed to omit the death toll.
—Sune Engel Rasmussen, WSJ, 30 Apr. 2018
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Iran's semiofficial Tasnim news agency, believed to be close to the Guard, reported that a limpet mine planted on Saviz's hull caused the blast.
—Fox News, 7 Apr. 2021
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Iran's semiofficial Tasnim news agency, believed to be close to the Guard, blamed the blast on explosives planted on Saviz's hull.
—NBC News, 7 Apr. 2021
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Rasoulof’s case, according to the semiofficial Mehr News Agency, which did not cite a reason for Panahi’s arrest.
—Babak Dehghanpisheh, Washington Post, 13 July 2022
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Mousavi said, according to a translation from the semiofficial Mehr news agency.
—Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2019
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The semiofficial Tasnim news agency said the attack began with a car bomb that detonated in the path of Fakhrizadeh’s vehicle.
—Washington Post, 28 Nov. 2020
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Iran’s semiofficial Tasnim News Agency reported Tuesday that the country has no plan to increase the range of its missiles, which can reach 1,240 miles.
—Washington Post, 19 June 2018
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Among the dead was a member of a council that advises Iran’s supreme leader, according to the semiofficial Tasnim news agency.
—Lucy Craymer, WSJ, 3 Mar. 2020
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Russia’s proxies—a mix of puppets and Kremlin thugs—proceeded to dig in behind semiofficial armistice lines.
—Thomas D. Grant, WSJ, 27 Mar. 2022
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Also, a semiofficial Iranian foundation had posted a bounty of over $3 million for the killing of the author.
—Jon Gambrell, ajc, 15 Aug. 2022
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Mr. Abdollahian told the semiofficial news agency Fars that the execution of Sheikh Nimr was the latest such blunder.
—Thomas Erdbrink and Somini Sengupta, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2016
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Details remained scarce in the report by semiofficial Tasnim news agency.
—BostonGlobe.com, 30 Dec. 2020
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The largest ship in the Iranian navy caught fire and later sank Wednesday in the Gulf of Oman under unclear circumstances, semiofficial news agencies reported.
—Fox News, 2 June 2021
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The first semiofficial gestural fan language was written by a Spanish man known simply as Fenella.
—Madeleine Luckel, Vogue, 24 Apr. 2018
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The semiofficial Tasnim News Agency quoted a judiciary spokesman as saying that the three had been charged in two separate cases.
—Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2019
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Demonstrators have abandoned cars along major highways and ransacked some 100 banks and stores in the country, according to Iran's semiofficial Fars news agency.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2019
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The semiofficial Fars News Agency reported that demonstrators were dispersed by security forces in a number of cities, and that the leaders of some of the protests were arrested by police.
—Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2022
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Later, the semiofficial Fars news agency said the man who slapped the governor had been upset that his wife received a coronavirus vaccination from a male nurse, as opposed to a female nurse.
—Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2021
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Hard-liners and other fans of the show are blaming the government for pulling the second season off the air prematurely, the semiofficial ISNA news agency reported.
—Isabel Debre, ajc, 4 Apr. 2021
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As is their pledge not to tolerate any semiofficial support or private donations.
—Charles Krauthammer, Twin Cities, 30 May 2017
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The government is seeking to submit the plan to parliament for approval by July, according to the semiofficial Yonhap News Agency.
—Andrew Jeong, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Mar. 2023
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The semiofficial Fars News Agency reported that security forces dispersed demonstrators in a number of cities, and that police arrested the leaders of some of the protests.
—Rachel Pannett, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Sep. 2022
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