dignitary
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He offers Gruel a lazy thumbs-up, accepts the chef’s joke about cooking for a dignitary and immediately turns to the camera to recite the show’s mission statement.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
Zach Witkoff also met Munir and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in April of last year, during a visit where he was feted like a visiting dignitary, with a fireworks display in his honor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026
One dignitary who will not be attending is Pope Francis, though he has sent a message that will be read out on Saturday.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2024
Military Academy’s ensemble in West Point, N.Y., perform at inaugurations and foreign dignitary visits.
From New York Times ● May 27, 2024
The portrait no longer travels, but when it toured the United States in the 1960s, it was received like a visiting dignitary.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
In Gaza City, community elders, mokhtars, local dignitaries and civil defense crews gathered Tuesday for a mass funeral after the recovery effort that was accomplished with a single excavator and simple hand tools.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Sobers' body lay in state at the Barbados parliament on Monday and at the Kensington Oval on Tuesday, with national dignitaries and members of the public able to pay their respects.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Also present were dignitaries from 29 countries that a day earlier had signed up to create a new China-led body to promote global AI cooperation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Foreign dignitaries, including officials from Russia and China, paid respects as Khamenei’s body began a multicity procession to Iraq.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
There were parades and dignitaries marching all up and down Seventh Avenue back in those days.
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
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