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minister

[min-uh-ster] / ˈmɪn ə stər /




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Three years ago, Thailand's then-foreign minister Don Pramudwinai met with Suu Kyi in private for more than an hour, her last known encounter with a foreign envoy since her detention.

From Barron's Aug. 6, 2026

The bloc has excluded Myanmar's leadership from high-level summits since the putsch, but its foreign minister attended an informal meeting with his regional counterparts last month in Bangkok.

From Barron's Aug. 6, 2026

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party came to power after elections in February this year, with its leader Tarique Rahman now prime minister.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

“I’ve been very forthright with the prime minister because he can read the polls just as well as I can,” Smith said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

“What do you mean, ‘wooden’?” asked the deputy prime minister.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

Felix talks sovereign debt with the man finance ministers consult when even they don’t get it.

From Slate Aug. 4, 2026

He told the ministers that if the U.S. or Israel attacked, Tehran would react forcefully to defend itself and Washington would bear the consequences, according to a readout released by Iran’s Foreign Ministry.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

The Spanish leader called for an urgent meeting with EU interior ministers to "reaffirm that the security of our external borders is a shared responsibility of all Member States".

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

He backed a video meeting of interior ministers.

From Barron's Aug. 1, 2026

Next, two brothers of Malcolm X, Wilfred and Philbert, both of them Black Muslim ministers, urged unity with Elijah Muhammad.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

During his retirement, he ministered at St Mary the Virgin in Eastbourne until he was barred in 2022.

From BBC Sep. 1, 2025

Among those he ministered to were two female prisoners, one of them a Muslim, which raised some hackles in the Vatican.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 21, 2025

He ministered to Inuit communities until he left in the 1990s and returned to France.

From Seattle Times Apr. 12, 2024

I was sick all day Sunday, ministered to by my girlfriend, who fed me chicken soup and bathed my head with wet washcloths.

From Salon Aug. 5, 2023

There, as they began to die of beriberi, diphtheria, smallpox, cholera, and torture, Duckworth ministered to them as chaplain even as he worked side by side with them.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

Bedraggled and bleeding, he opens his eyes to find Anna ministering to him and is rhapsodically smitten.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 14, 2025

And no doubt Hilaria has been torn between ministering to her husband and her children.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 11, 2025

The Church of England says that faith chaplains have been ministering to schools for centuries.

From BBC Nov. 7, 2024

My recent employment has been as a hospice chaplain, ministering to dying people and their families.

From Salon Nov. 3, 2024

“A ministering angel,” said Bono, and pressed her free hand to his lips.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson




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