embassy
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The Pentagon has some 4,000 personnel at the camp, which supports U.S. and allied operations in Somalia and houses a quick-reaction force to respond to threats to American embassies in the region.
His nine-month trial took a dramatic turn earlier this month when his former prime minister Betssy Chavez, also put in the dock, was given asylum by the Mexican embassy.
From Barron's
As emergency vehicles swarmed the area, the White House, located a few blocks from where the attack took place, and several embassies in the area went into lockdown.
US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee and embassy staff in Jerusalem were also "deeply involved", they said, before adding that they could not comment further "due to privacy and other considerations".
From BBC
China will sent new giant pandas to France, a Chinese embassy official said, as an elderly pair was set to fly back home from Paris on Tuesday.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
