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as in ambassador
a person sent on a mission to represent another
most of the industrialized nations of the world sent emissaries to the conference on global warming
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as in spy
a person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country
the embassy's staff likely contains at least one emissary who reports to the home country's chief of intelligence
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An emissary for the quality of some Bourg wines with a chewy meaty and Malbec spicy mid palate (Malbec is the signature grape of this appellation) with a confident blend of firm but succulent tannins, dripping fresh fruit and quiet but binding acidity.
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Tom Mullen, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
Gino doesn’t explain how this colleague obtained the report, which at the time almost no one had seen, although the idea that some emissary had been tasked with a diplomatic approach isn’t wholly far-fetched.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2024
In short, right-thinking liberals wanted an emissary from the heartland to assure them that Trump did not oblige them to change their lives or reexamine their politics.
—Becca Rothfeld, Washington Post, 23 July 2024
In what could be a harbinger of the hell that awaits Keri Russell’s titular emissary in the wake of that hair-raising Season 1 finale, Netflix announced Thursday that The Diplomat Season 2 will drop on Oct. 31.
—Michael Ausiello, TVLine, 8 Aug. 2024
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Tom Mullen, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
Gino doesn’t explain how this colleague obtained the report, which at the time almost no one had seen, although the idea that some emissary had been tasked with a diplomatic approach isn’t wholly far-fetched.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2024
In short, right-thinking liberals wanted an emissary from the heartland to assure them that Trump did not oblige them to change their lives or reexamine their politics.
—Becca Rothfeld, Washington Post, 23 July 2024
In what could be a harbinger of the hell that awaits Keri Russell’s titular emissary in the wake of that hair-raising Season 1 finale, Netflix announced Thursday that The Diplomat Season 2 will drop on Oct. 31.
—Michael Ausiello, TVLine, 8 Aug. 2024
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Grizzly bear 399 has been perhaps the most prominent ambassador for the species.Christina Shaw, Fox News, 24 Oct. 2024
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South Korea summons Russian ambassador over reports.Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
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The spy thriller The 355 (2022) reunited Collie with Chastain alongside a cast that included Penélope Cruz and Diane Kruger.Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2024
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Lawn and Patterson met whilst working on the BBC’s Panorama and went on to co-write hit drama The Salisbury Poisonings about the unbelievable events that took place in 2018 surrounding the novichok nerve agent and Russian spies.Max Goldbart, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2024
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Amos Hochstein, the U.S. special envoy negotiating with Lebanon, has also been in Beirut to deal with the Israel-Hezbollah tensions.Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2024
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A day before that meeting the Emiratis presented their proposal in an op-ed by ABZ's special envoy Lana Nusseibeh.Barak Ravid, Axios, 16 Oct. 2024
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In addition to the phone seizure, FBI agents obtained a warrant to access Ogles' personal email account.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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And here’s where things get politically and professionally dicey for our agents because Sweeney expected trouble and set up shop in the NCIS parking lot.Sara Netzley, EW.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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The seasonal employees are covered under the bargaining agreement that UPS signed with the Teamsters union in 2023, a union representative confirmed to USA TODAY.James Powel, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2024
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School representatives such as teachers, counselors, club advisers, communication staff and principals can nominate these high school students by 5 p.m. on Thursdays.Caroline Ritzie, The Enquirer, 2 Nov. 2024
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But Golden and Theriault are the only two candidates on the ballot this year, leading campaign operatives to believe the outcome will be known before voters go to sleep.Mike Lillis, The Hill, 4 Nov. 2024
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In 2020, Michigan's attorney general used that reasoning to arraign two political operatives on felony charges connected to robo calls.Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 2 Nov. 2024
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State delegates who attended the convention were divided in their views on how the country should elect its president, with some suggesting Congress should choose the executive and others advocating for direct democracy, where citizens would vote to elect their leader.Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2024
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Filmmakers with works selected for the Tokyo Film Festival’s Nippon Cinema Now section took part in a panel alongside Christian Jeune, Cannes’ film department director and deputy general delegate.Sara Merican, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024
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Like God, who judges from on high, a finance minister has the power to determine who shall thrive and who shall struggle.Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2024
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My one grandfather was a Methodist minister and a history professor at the University of Cincinnati, and a writer and a publisher and constantly gave of himself as an educator and a minister.Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Emissary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emissary. Accessed 9 Nov. 2024.
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