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In 2022, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists found 500 current and former honorary consuls had been accused of crimes or embroiled in controversy.
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Atossa Araxia Abrahamian Atossa Araxia Abrahamian, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Elad Shoshan, consul of Israel for the Southwest United States, is based in Houston but traveled to New Orleans in the aftermath of the truck-ramming attack that also killed 14 victims celebrating New Year's Day on the famed Bourbon Street.
—Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 3 Jan. 2025
The vice consul’s story also intersects with two flashpoints in Iranian-American relations: a 1953 coup backed by the CIA and the 1979 Iran hostage crisis.
—Francine Uenuma, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Sep. 2024
Also making their company debuts are Korean baritone Kidon Choi as U.S. Embassy consul Sharpless and American mezzo-soprano Stephanie Doche as Suzuki, Cio-Cio San’s faithful maid.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2024
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Atossa Araxia Abrahamian Atossa Araxia Abrahamian, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Elad Shoshan, consul of Israel for the Southwest United States, is based in Houston but traveled to New Orleans in the aftermath of the truck-ramming attack that also killed 14 victims celebrating New Year's Day on the famed Bourbon Street.
—Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 3 Jan. 2025
The vice consul’s story also intersects with two flashpoints in Iranian-American relations: a 1953 coup backed by the CIA and the 1979 Iran hostage crisis.
—Francine Uenuma, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Sep. 2024
Also making their company debuts are Korean baritone Kidon Choi as U.S. Embassy consul Sharpless and American mezzo-soprano Stephanie Doche as Suzuki, Cio-Cio San’s faithful maid.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for consul
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His comments were aired on the first day of the Munich Security Conference, where hundreds of anxious European diplomats and others gathered expecting to hear Vice President JD Vance speak about President Trump’s strategy to broker peace negotiations with Russia to end the war in Ukraine.—
Yonette Joseph,
New York Times,
15 Feb. 2025
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The ministry also presented the Russian diplomat with fragments of the drones as evidence.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
14 Feb. 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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On July 9, for instance, the papal nuncio to Nicaragua, accompanied by a Nicaraguan cardinal and a bishop, was attacked by a pro-Sandinista mob, after Ortega had accused them of participating in a conspiracy against the government.—
Gioconda Belli,
Foreign Affairs,
24 Aug. 2018
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Viganò was recalled as U.S. ambassador, or apostolic nuncio, in 2016.—
Michelle Boorstein,
Washington Post,
5 July 2024
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At the scene, deputies discovered the victim was a 39-year-old off-duty corrections deputy.—
Christina Shaw,
Fox News,
11 Feb. 2025
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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told his deputies Monday that the House won't put a Senate two-track bill on the floor, Punchbowl first reported.—
Justin Green,
Axios,
11 Feb. 2025
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Israel is a critical ally in the region and has legitimate threats to its security from Iran and its terrorist proxies throughout the region, as Oct. 7 demonstrated all too clearly.—
Mike Quigley,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2025
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Trump contends his proxies must be allowed to hunt for waste, fraud and abuse within the executive branch.—
Bart Jansen,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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Jordan's current foreign minister, Ayman Safadi, told State TV that the expulsion of Palestinians to the country would be a breach of Jordan's historic peace treaty with Israel and seen as a declaration of war.—
Suzanne Nuyen,
NPR,
11 Feb. 2025
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Why? Claude Joseph, the foreign minister and acting prime minister at that time, declared a state of siege and imposed martial law.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
26 Jan. 2025
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However, Leica and Chevy will still be around to spread warmth and cheer with Leica planning to serve the health system as an ambassador, making visits for special events and fundraising activities, and Chevy hoping to visit his friends from time to time as an official ambassador.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA TODAY,
16 Feb. 2025
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The star was recently unveiled as the first global celebrity ambassador for Joico.—
Mikelle Street,
WWD,
14 Feb. 2025
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“Consul.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consul. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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