delegation
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A PIF delegation is due on Tyneside the week after next, as planned, while an announcement on a major capital investment is understood to be in the pipeline.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
As with most members of California’s congressional delegation, Swalwell was an unfamiliar figure to many Californians living outside his Alameda County district, even though he had a lighthearted, robust presence on social media.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
Harry Summers, who’d won Bronze and Silver stars in that war as an operations officer, flew to Hanoi as chief of the U.S. delegation to resolve the status of missing American soldiers.
From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026
Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who led Tehran's delegation in Pakistan, said Tehran would "not bow to any threats", while navy chief Shahram Irani called Trump's blockade "ridiculous".
From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026
Stephen Foster, a representative of the Massachusetts delegation who had worked with Stanton for almost twenty years, stood and called for her resignation.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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