foreign service

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After graduation, he opted for Wall Street rather than the foreign service, journalism, or computer science.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Still, when their husbands die, ostensibly in a plane crash, Bea and Twila are grief-stricken — they have lost not only their husbands but their careers as foreign service wives.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2026

At one point in February, Marocco tried ordering the immediate return of foreign service officers stationed abroad.

From Salon • Dec. 16, 2025

In a statement, the Venezuelan government did not comment on Machado's prize, saying that the closure was part of a restructuring of its foreign service.

From BBC • Oct. 14, 2025

Even while on foreign service he had amused himself with studying the digestive faculties of snakes and lizards when in a torpid state, and many were the contributions he sent home to his brother’s museum.

From The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. by Various