British Empire
Example Sentences
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The British envoy in Washington has always been a powerful and respected figure, sought after as a strategic partner and a VIP dinner guest.
From Washington Post • Nov. 2, 2022
Vicky Bowman, who served as the British envoy from 2002 to 2006, was detained Wednesday night and taken to Yangon’s Insein Prison, said a report in Myanmar Now, an online news service.
From Washington Times • Aug. 25, 2022
Vicky Bowman, who served as the British envoy in 2002-2006, was detained Wednesday night and taken to Yangon’s Insein Prison, said a report in Myanmar Now, an online news service.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2022
The British envoy to the OPCW, Peter Wilson, put the Douma attack in a wider context of chemical weapons use in Syria during the war.
From The Guardian • Apr. 16, 2018
On April 19, 1809, Madison obtained what seemed a diplomatic triumph; Erskine, the new British envoy, signed a formal agreement that the British government should withdraw the Orders in Council.
From Formation of the Union, 1750-1829 by Hart, Albert Bushnell
