legation
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They first attempted to petition foreign representatives in the Legation Quarter, but police blocked their way.
From Salon • May 4, 2024
Literally my diaper buddy, our mothers met when we were in the old steel strollers on Legation Road, he’s six months older than I am, but we still commiserate.
From Washington Post • Jul. 26, 2022
Prentice also returned to the Legation Quarter but he died there in 1947.
From BBC • Jan. 7, 2019
Unfit for military service, Runciman spent the war in the Balkans and the Middle East: in Sofia as press attaché to the British Legation, Jerusalem, Cairo and Istanbul.
From Economist • Sep. 8, 2016
He was never more than a Secretary of Legation before.
From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Volume VI) by Various
Vocabulary lists containing legation
Selection Vocabulary 2, Unit 5
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The Executive Branch at Work, Sections 4–6
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