dignitary
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He offers Gruel a lazy thumbs-up, accepts the chef’s joke about cooking for a dignitary and immediately turns to the camera to recite the show’s mission statement.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
Zach Witkoff also met Munir and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in April of last year, during a visit where he was feted like a visiting dignitary, with a fireworks display in his honor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026
California officials then put into place a plan for the California Highway Patrol to provide dignitary protection for Harris.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2025
Notably, it was hosted by then vice-president Li Yuanchao, while Xi was said to be entertaining another dignitary elsewhere in the complex.
From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2024
“Oh, nothing like that. My sister Sudha met with fracture sometime back,” Comrade Pillai said, as though Fracture were a visiting dignitary.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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A Russian drone had just hit a locomotive near the same border, and a special train carrying former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and other European dignitaries, had passed through minutes before.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
But the event also was a chance for billionaire business leaders to mingle with the Chinese dignitaries, top U.S. officials and Trump himself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
They joined other dignitaries for King Harald's funeral before flying on to Iceland for a brief visit and then to Canada for further talks.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Buses will also be needed to move athletes, dignitaries, media and others as well.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Still, there were stars, and we passed down the hall two by two, like visiting dignitaries underneath them.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
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