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chargé

[chahrj] / tʃɑrdʒ /
NOUN
chargé d'affaires
Synonyms


charge










VERB
ask a price
Synonyms




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As Petro was traveling to Washington, Delcy Rodríguez, Venezuela’s interim president, met with U.S. chargé d’affaires Laura Dogu to talk about the future.

From Salon Feb. 5, 2026

Her new position as chargé d’affaires augments a career that includes senior roles in hostage recovery for the FBI and as ambassador to Nicaragua and Honduras during periods characterized by social and political volatility.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 4, 2026

Seidman was appointed chargé d'affaires at Israel's embassy in South Africa last year and his role also extends to the neighbouring countries of Eswatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mauritius and Namibia.

From BBC Jan. 30, 2026

On Thursday, the U.S. named Laura F. Dogu, a former ambassador to Honduras and Nicaragua, as the new chargé d’affaires for the State Department’s Venezuela Affairs Unit, which is based in Bogotá, Colombia.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 22, 2026

Lieutenant-Colonel Neale was at this time chargé d'affaires, and had just removed from Yokohama and resumed the occupancy of the temple of Tozenji.

From Japan by Murray, David

Net income dropped 51.4% from a year ago to $604 million, but that decline included an $891 million charge mostly for severance costs stemming from the Driver Choice Program.

From MarketWatch Jul. 28, 2026

Those photons then mobilize the semiconductor's electric charge carriers.

From Science Daily Jul. 28, 2026

Zelensky has declined to reinstate the former defense minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, but has offered him instead the job of a deputy prime minister in charge of military technology.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

Talarico denied the charge at his own news conference Wednesday, saying he’d voted for billions of dollars in law enforcement funding as a member of the Legislature.

From Salon Jul. 28, 2026

I wanted to charge downstairs and make a scene—show myself to be rough and uncivil, the complete opposite of the cultured and obedient housewife that Ba aimed to portray.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

Two further charges that he had ignored the police letters and failed to identify himself as the guilty driver were withdrawn by police.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

Bohm’s defense team repeatedly has argued that there is inadequate evidence to sustain murder charges against him.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

After expenses and excluding any sales charges, the Calamos Timpani Small Cap Growth Mutual Fund has ranked fourth for one-year total return among the full group of 93 peer funds.

From MarketWatch Jul. 27, 2026

Drivers include trade diversification, continued port capacity investments and the liner industry’s improved ability to pay higher port charges, the analyst says.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

I hit the sidewalk hard and feel the leash unraveling around my legs as the dog charges.

From "Invisible Inkling" by Emily Jenkins

He said France and other EU countries are thinking about “having a common site to several European countries where our ambassadors or chargés d’affaires can be present” in Afghanistan.

From Seattle Times Dec. 4, 2021

In some countries, high-ranking government officials will not meet with anyone short of a formal U.S. ambassador, shunning the chargés d’affaires who have taken over in the interim.

From Washington Post Oct. 27, 2021

Thus the ambassador longest at Paris precedes all the other ambassadors at Paris; and the same rule prevails with the ministers and chargés, according to their respective gradations of rank.

From Recollections of Europe by Cooper, James Fenimore

Ministers and chargés d'affaires retire in case of hostilities, but consuls are permitted to remain to watch the interests of their countrymen.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir

His salary was unprovided for; and there was no way of remedying this important omission, but by giving him place in the diplomatic service bill, among chargés d'affaires, envoys extraordinary, and ministers plenipotentiary.

From The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style by Webster, Daniel

The government initially charged Huerta with a felony count of conspiracy to impede an officer, but later downgraded it to a misdemeanor charge of “obstruction resistance or opposition of a federal officer.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 27, 2026

A second was charged after first resigning his position, then fleeing the country.

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

These locations often involve an encounter with atmospheres that feel emotionally, symbolically or existentially charged.

From Science Daily Jul. 26, 2026

He says clients, in turn, will be charged less money.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

Nathan opened a video game app that he hadn’t played since he had last fully charged his phone.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

Having been caught out, the force stepped up its efforts to investigate who was behind the illegal event, eventually arresting more than 40 people and charging 25, several of whom have now been convicted.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

Video released by the US-based NGO Beneath The Waves shows one orca holding the tail of a sunfish, with its fellow whale then charging with full force into the rotund mola, which explodes into pieces.

From Barron's Jul. 23, 2026

Pre-World Cup rate: In late spring, we were charging $250-$280 per night on average.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

A 2024 Vanguard analysis underscored that while most Australians saw superannuation as crucial to their retirement, they were unaware of how much super funds were charging.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

He put his head down and charged at Edward Ashton like a furious bull charging at a matador’s red cape.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood




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