emissary

Example Sentences

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"The emissary, Félix Plasencia, would be the first representative of the country's ruling political movement, known as chavismo, to visit the American capital in an official capacity in years," the newspaper wrote.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026

In this forbidding climate, Genly Ai, an emissary from Terra, another planet, struggles to understand a place where gender roles, modes of communication and beliefs are entirely different from those at home.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

And nothing illustrates that better than the man Trump has deployed as his lead emissary in the negotiations: Army Secretary Daniel P. Driscoll.

From Salon • Nov. 26, 2025

Netanyahu, at some political risk, agreed; Witkoff, working with Biden’s chief emissary, Brett McGurk, put the final pieces in place.

From Slate • Oct. 16, 2025

Guards followed Werfel through the crooked streets with the emissary on a stretcher.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin