emissary
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On one occasion, the Powhatans seized an emissary from Jamestown.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
The mob’s actions are frustrating because they’re religiously bound to the king, who they believe is an emissary of God, and desperate to change their day-to-day existence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Rumors are aswirl that Trump’s son-in-law and Middle East emissary Jared Kushner played a big role.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026
Instead, US envoy Steve Witkoff headed to Switzerland to get the talks back on track, American media outlets reported, with fellow Trump emissary Jared Kushner also expected there.
From Barron's ● Jun. 20, 2026
Silently, the emissary and the soldiers watched the paper lift higher and higher in the night sky, until it overlapped the moon and disappeared.
From "Where the Mountain Meets the Moon" by Grace Lin
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Before the war started, he sent his usual duo of diplomatic emissaries, son-in-law Jared Kushner and fellow real-estate tycoon Steve Witkoff, both of whom knew nothing about Iran or nuclear-weapons technology.
From Slate ● Jun. 15, 2026
The White House said emissaries Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner would engage in an "in-person conversation" with Iranian representatives, but Iranian state media said that direct negotiations were not in the cards.
From Barron's ● Apr. 25, 2026
The positioning of BTS as emissaries for Korea is clear, but also, comes with a lot of pressure.
From Salon ● Mar. 27, 2026
What wasn’t publicly known: Tahnoon’s emissaries had signed the deal to purchase 49% of World Liberty that January.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 1, 2026
The musicians wink and smile at each other as they play, and I see then that they are the secret emissaries of a worldwide lower-class conspiracy to snatch joy out of degradation and filth.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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