dignitary

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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

“I need to go in the exact way that a foreign dignitary would go,” he insists.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2025

Notably, it was hosted by then vice-president Li Yuanchao, while Xi was said to be entertaining another dignitary elsewhere in the complex.

From BBC • Dec. 30, 2024

Military Academy’s ensemble in West Point, N.Y., perform at inaugurations and foreign dignitary visits.

From New York Times • May 27, 2024

A doorman, dressed up as a dignitary with a flaming red band across his white ruffled shirt, opened the car door for them.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez