consul

Example Sentences

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The museum contacted Ankara because the piece "had been donated by the wife of a US consul general who served in Istanbul in the 1940s", she said.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

A follow-up message from the consul included photos of oil spurting into the sky.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

“Maybe now, it’s not as good as in the U.S., but the gap will become smaller and smaller,” Ma Xiaoxiao, China’s deputy consul general in New York, said at a news conference last week.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025

Similarly, Werner Gruner, South Africa's consul to the Bahamas, says that over the past two or three years, his office has seen a rise in local people travelling to South Africa, Ghana and Kenya.

From BBC • Aug. 17, 2025

The consul showed them to the door, where he shook hands with Farder Coram, and shook Lyra’s hand too.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman