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

“The Marble Faun” was published in 1860, a year before Confederate guns fired on Fort Sumter, and seven years after the author’s college friend, President Franklin Pierce, appointed him U.S. consul in Liverpool, England.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

As the UK's consul general between 2016 and 2017 Dame Antonia's job involved promoting UK trade and business in New York, in the immediate aftermath of the referendum to take Britain out of the EU.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

Scipio advocated for the latter strategy as consul in 205 B.C.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 16, 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