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embassy

[em-buh-see] / ˈɛm bə si /
NOUN
residence, offices of overseas representatives
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Small demonstrations were held outside Azerbaijan's embassy in Ankara, organised by Köklü Değişim, an Islamist movement linked to Hizb ut-Tahrir, and outside its consulate in Istanbul, organised by conservative Islamist group Özgür-Der.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

A representative of Saudi Arabia’s embassy in Washington, D.C., declined to comment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Japanese government spokesman Minoru Kihara said the country’s embassy in Moscow hadn’t been able to contact the reporter or determine his condition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

The Indian embassy in Saudi Arabia said on Sunday that an Indian man had succumbed to the injuries he sustained in the attack.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

The memo details the plans for the evacuation of the American embassy in Warsaw and Willa’s work to dismantle the office.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

Other options include new sanctions, expelling Russian diplomats or closing more of its embassies and consulates in Europe, and intercepting and boarding more vessels of Russia’s shadow fleet, officials said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Papua New Guinea and Fiji are already among just seven UN member-states to open embassies in Jerusalem, while Samoa has stated it will join them later this year.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

The State IG is busy scrutinizing embassies, much as the Agriculture IG focuses on food-stamp fraud.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Solange promised to talk to a few friends she had who worked at various embassies.

From "I Will Always Write Back" by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda


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