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attaché

[a-ta-shey, at-uh-, uh-tash-ey] / æ tæˈʃeɪ, ˌæt ə-, əˈtæʃ eɪ /
NOUN
attaché case
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“It’s a five alarm emergency that’s dividing North America from Europe,” said John Foreman, a former U.K. defense attaché in Moscow and Kyiv.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 21, 2026

Earlier this year, British diplomat Capt Adrian Coghill was given a week to leave Russia, days after the Russian defence attaché was expelled from London for alleged espionage as an "undeclared military intelligence officer".

From BBC Sep. 18, 2024

The German government made that offer also to the Israeli military attaché in Berlin, Boris Pistorius told reporters on Wednesday.

From Seattle Times Oct. 11, 2023

As an indication of warming ties, the Israeli military earlier on Monday appointed a colonel as defence attaché to Morocco.

From Reuters Jul. 17, 2023

The attaché was trained in diplomacy, and the rudiments of diplomacy should teach the face to become a mask when need be, yet, as his eyes met those of Saxon, he suddenly and involuntarily stiffened.

From The Key to Yesterday by Charles Neville Buck

Military attachés, too, from a variety of embassies are observing the drill from a viewing platform.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2025

More information would be provided at a briefing for military attachés, he added.

From Reuters Oct. 16, 2022

In the early 1950s, the US government, in particular the Department of State and the CIA, tried using independent scientists as attachés — actually, spies.

From Nature Oct. 30, 2018

High-level defectors he reached for interviews described embassy officials and military attachés smuggling ivory from Angola, Ethiopia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well as trafficking rhino horn from South Africa and Mozambique.

From National Geographic Oct. 16, 2017

The Court at the Head-quarters of the Empire shall consist of three Judges for the trial of Grand Dragons, and the Officers and attachés belonging to the Head-quarters of the Empire.

From Ku Klux Klan Its Origin, Growth and Disbandment by J. C. Lester




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