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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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Still another 5% are in the country on temporary visas, like those for international students, diplomats and their families, and seasonal or temporary workers.—
Jennifer Van Hook,
The Conversation,
4 Feb. 2025
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Machado is considered to be the top leader of the Venezuelan opposition and her support was crucial for the election bid of former diplomat Edmundo Gonzalez, whom Washington and a growing number of nations believe was the real winner of last July’s presidential election.—
Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
3 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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The incident occurred at 7:32 p.m. when deputies from the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office in Florida were dispatched to reports of gunfire in the 1400 block of NW Avenue D, in Belle Glade, according to a statement from the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday.—
Jon Haworth,
ABC 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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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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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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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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Having been tapped by President Trump, very soon Rep. Elise Stefanik will step away from her upstate congressional district and make a fine ambassador to the United Nations, taking on the Russians, Chinese, Iranians, North Koreans and various other dictators and tyrants on the East Side.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
3 Feb. 2025
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Courts have uniformly interpreted the phrase to exclude only children born to people whose allegiance is to another country, such as foreign ambassadors or invading soldiers.—
Ashley Oliver,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
3 Feb. 2025
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“Consul.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consul. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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