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diplomat

[dip-luh-mat] / ˈdɪp ləˌmæt /


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“I always give credit to my predecessors,” the conductor, ever the diplomat, said of the present state of his ensemble.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

A senior US State Department official told reporters: "We've taken reciprocal action with respect to a Brazilian diplomat here to make the point that it can't always be one-sided"

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

Growing up with diplomat parents, Martens lived in communist countries such as Romania and Burma, now also called Myanmar.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

Former Portuguese politician and diplomat Ana Gomes has also met Pinto in prison and testified on his behalf at one of his trials.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

She was also a scientist, nun, poet, visionary and diplomat, and her music is still performed and admired now, nearly a thousand years later.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

It also repeated a warning for foreign citizens, including diplomats, to leave Kyiv.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Ethiopia expelled 10 Eritrean diplomats and shut its embassy in Asmara on Thursday, while Eritrea responded that it would "sever all diplomatic ties".

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026

On Thursday, they expelled each other's diplomats and shut down their respective embassies.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

The drone strikes targeted two defense facilities, including the headquarters of Ethiopia’s military in Addis Ababa, researchers and diplomats said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Purple was used by Japanese diplomats, which meant it carried the very highest-grade secrets.To protect those secrets, Japan's coding chiefs had outdone themselves.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield




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