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Recent Examples of consul
At the same time, the barrage of vitriol unleashed by China castigating Takaichi as a warmongering militarist includes a reprehensible threat by the Chinese consul-general in Osaka about beheading Takaichi.
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Jeff Kingston, Time, 30 Nov. 2025
According to Reforma, Rocha, a Mexican businessman who also serves as a consul of Guatemala in Mexico, is considered by FRG to be an alleged leader of a criminal organization that smuggles fuel in boats through the Usumacinta River and then in trucks to Querétaro, Mexico.
—Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 26 Nov. 2025
In the letter Leclerc demanded to enter the port while denying that in sending these troops, part of the largest expedition to ever sail from France, the first consul intended to reinstate slavery.
—Marlene L. Daut
september 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
On May 1, the Guatemalan vice consul and a female staffer in Tucson visited Mateo to check on her well-being after receiving a notification from CBP.
—Raphael Romero Ruiz, AZCentral.com, 6 May 2025
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Jeff Kingston, Time, 30 Nov. 2025
According to Reforma, Rocha, a Mexican businessman who also serves as a consul of Guatemala in Mexico, is considered by FRG to be an alleged leader of a criminal organization that smuggles fuel in boats through the Usumacinta River and then in trucks to Querétaro, Mexico.
—Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 26 Nov. 2025
In the letter Leclerc demanded to enter the port while denying that in sending these troops, part of the largest expedition to ever sail from France, the first consul intended to reinstate slavery.
—Marlene L. Daut
september 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
On May 1, the Guatemalan vice consul and a female staffer in Tucson visited Mateo to check on her well-being after receiving a notification from CBP.
—Raphael Romero Ruiz, AZCentral.com, 6 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for consul
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Lianys Torres Rivera, the top Cuban diplomat, wouldn't reveal any details on the ongoing talks between Washington and Havana and stressed that Cuba will retain its sovereignty.—
Francesca Chambers,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2026
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Politico reported that the expectation going into the meeting was to coordinate action, rather than define a concrete plan, according to two EU diplomats who were in attendance.—
Matthew Robinson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2026
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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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The Dicastery for Bishops organizes such appointments, via the Vatican’s ambassador to the country—the nuncio.—
Paul Elie,
New Yorker,
5 Jan. 2026
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The ceremony will be presided over by Cardinal Christophe Pierre, the apostolic nuncio to the United States.—
Ashley Carnahan,
FOXNews.com,
18 Dec. 2025
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Victor Lemus was one of the three deputies killed while handling a grenade at a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department facility.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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Her poetry offers a rare collection of literary introspection from within Miami-Dade County government, where Tallman works as chief of staff to a top deputy of Mayor Daniella Levine Cava.—
Douglas Hanks
April 1,
Miami Herald,
1 Apr. 2026
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Iran’s brutal regime retains a solid grip in Tehran, in Iraq through proxies, and in Lebanese society through Hezbollah.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
27 Mar. 2026
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Getty/iStockphoto Yemen is home to the Houthi rebel group, which is one of Iran's most formidable proxy forces.—
Ramy Inocencio,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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Continue reading … NUCLEAR AMBITIONS — Marco Rubio blasts Iranian foreign minister as 'a liar' about missile capabilities.—
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FOXNews.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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Previously, Velasco had served as spokesperson for Marcelo Ebrard, the current economy secretary, when Ebrard was Mexico’s foreign minister during the first part of former Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s administration.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 Apr. 2026
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Commercial conversations Earlier this month, the UK government convened a meeting of defense companies to meet ambassadors and defense attaches from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the UAE, Iraq and Jordan.—
Kai Nicol-Schwarz,
CNBC,
31 Mar. 2026
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Guess named the South Korean rapper, singer and member of the K-pop group Stray Kids its first global brand ambassador for both Guess and Guess Jeans brands earlier this month.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Consul.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consul. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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