correspondent
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An AFP correspondent heard explosions as the state-run National News Agency reported strikes on the area, a Hezbollah bastion that has largely emptied of residents since war erupted last month.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was awkwardly dispatched to soothe the financial markets while doubling as a kind of economic war correspondent.
From Salon • Apr. 1, 2026
Your humble correspondent cannot claim to be a communist sympathizer, but shouldn’t we all spare a thought for anyone who has to sit through endless hours of Marxist speeches without so much as a cocktail?
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
DR's political correspondent, Christine Cordsen, has suggested that the most likely outcome is a center-left government with the Social Democrats, Red-Greens, the Moderates and the Danish Social Liberal Party.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
I had never written a diary before and didn’t know how to begin, so the BBC correspondent said he would help me.
From "Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World" by Malala Yousafzai
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.