consul
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He arrives in New York this week for a visit I am arranging as Israel’s consul general.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
In her statement condemning Simon's death, Okey-Uche, Nigeria's consul general in Johannesburg, called for a "transparent" investigation and alleged that there was "an alarming pattern of unresolved extrajudicial killings/deaths and unacceptable misconduct against foreign nationals".
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
The World Cup was the lightning rod, said Carlos González Gutiérrez, the Mexican consul general in Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
He will visit four Indian cities, beginning in Kolkata, home to one of the oldest US diplomatic posts -- which got its first consul in 1792, just 16 years after Washington's independence.
From Barron's ● May 22, 2026
The witch consul lived in a green-painted wooden house within sight of the sea, and when they rang the bell it jangled loudly in the quiet street.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
The republic’s consuls and other officers became Augustus’ lapdogs, but he preserved their venerable offices and titles “with anxious care,” seeming to consult them and massaging their vanity.
From Salon ● Feb. 17, 2025
Thursday’s summit was attended by consuls and other senior officials from G-7 nations and the European Union, and lawmakers and representatives from economic organizations, labor unions and other organizations.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 30, 2023
Thirty honorary consuls have been sanctioned by the United States and other governments; nine have been linked to terrorist groups by law enforcement and governments.
From Salon ● Dec. 23, 2022
The government of the late Republic was still in the form of the Plebeian Assembly, the Centuriate Assembly, the Senate, ten tribunes, two consuls, and a court system under formal rules of law.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
Despite the emergency, two foreign consuls were playing tennis on the grass courts out back.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
Vocabulary lists containing consul
Before We Were Free
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The Roman Republic, Lessons 1–2
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Chapter 11: Rome: Republic to Empire
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