chargé
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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
She takes over from John McNamara, who had served as chargé d’affaires since February 2025 and traveled to Venezuela in January to discuss the potential reopening of the embassy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 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
Estonia's foreign ministry said it summoned the Russian chargé d'affaires "to lodge a protest" over Friday's incursion, while top EU diplomat Kaja Kallas described the incident as "an extremely dangerous provocation".
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2025
In 1839, while the House was considering an outfit for a chargé d'affaires to Holland, Slade of Vermont began a speech in favor of appointing a diplomatic agent to Haiti.
From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 by Various
The embarrassing stories kept landing, and the man in charge of the Pentagon now needs the Justice Department’s help to plug a hole he cannot plug alone.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
Conagra incurred a $2 billion non-cash goodwill and brand impairment charge in the quarter, primarily triggered by a sustained decline in the company’s share price and market capitalization.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
On the opening of the strait, the MOU obligated Iran only to “make arrangements using its best efforts for the safe passage of commercial ships with no charge for 60 days only.”
From Slate ● Jul. 15, 2026
"No country is allowed to charge tolls or fees on an international waterway," he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Just under the wire I’d made it, I’d done it, I’d prevented the charge.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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A US soldier is facing federal charges for using classified information to bet on online prediction markets related to the operation in January to capture former Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro.
From Barron's ● Jul. 16, 2026
The attorney general had then filed to discontinue the case against Koroma and drop the charges, Bah said.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
With higher interest rates, it’s likely that people who can pay their credit-card bills in full are making it a priority to avoid incurring interest charges on balances, Philadelphia Fed researchers wrote.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
His new plan, imposing charges, would appear to affect all cargo, not just ships linked to Iran.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Then: “I’ll finish making the arrangements once I’ve got you settled in. They’ll release her from the hospital this afternoon. No charges have been filed against her—yet.”
From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone
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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
Also, a large and nervous party of fugitives of mixed nationalities and professions––consuls, chargés, attachés, and innocent, agitated citizens––was summarily grabbed and ordered into indefinite limbo.
From The Crimson Tide A Novel by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
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
Wholesale prices dropped last month, with June’s decline in energy prices helping to cool down the prices charged by producers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Rayzhanna Greenhoward, 28, was charged Monday by L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
It charged that the Shamkhani network remains a key force behind Iran's oil exports, and has expanded into global commodities trading.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
It’s possible banks are tightening their standards, which means more creditworthy accounts are getting counted while nonpaying accounts are charged off or slip into delinquency.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
“You’re not being charged with hacking the bank,” he said, flipping through some pages.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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He also claimed the U.S. was charging a 20% fee on all cargo transported via the shipping route in return for safe passage.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
Remarkably it then stood as his best Open performance for two decades before charging through the field to finish runner-up to Francesco Molinari at Carnoustie in 2018.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
When Apple shifted its devices from Lightning ports to USB-C ports, most notably with the iPhone 15 lineup, it provided a more universally used connector for fast charging and data transfer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
She was excited by the ingenuity of artists; as long as people aren’t charging for events, they don’t need permission.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
They blink as they sit charging next to an ice-cream scoop installer like Ben used.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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