ambassador
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"I have absolutely no doubt at all, knowing the PM as I do, that had he known that Peter Mandelson had not passed the vetting, he would never, ever have appointed him ambassador," he said.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
King Felipe VI made the remarks while speaking with Mexico’s ambassador to Spain, Quirino Ordaz, during a visit to a museum exhibition in Madrid about the role of women in pre-Columbian Mexico.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026
Lord Mandelson was announced as the UK's ambassador to the US in December 2024, before in-depth vetting had been carried out.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces resignation calls over the circumstances of Peter Mandelson's appointment as U.S. ambassador.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
In 1585 Bruno’s host, the French ambassador, was withdrawn from England, and Bruno had no choice but to leave with him.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing ambassador
Franklin D. Roosevelt, "A Date That Will Live In Infamy" (1941)
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The Articles of Confederation (1777)
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