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embassy

[em-buh-see] / ˈɛm bə si /
NOUN
residence, offices of overseas representatives
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But the task is complicated by the fact that risks are dispersed across the Himalayas, while a 2015 earthquake destabilized many rock masses on the southern slopes, the embassy said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 30, 2026

China’s embassy in Nepal in recent days has responded to some Nepalese media reports and social-media comments that asked whether China had failed to provide Nepal with a warning.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 30, 2026

The BBC has approached Sinohydro and the Chinese embassy in Ecuador for comment.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

Ukraine's embassy in Nepal said on Friday it was aware of 62 of its citizens with whom contact had been lost, revising its earlier numbers upwards by six.

From Barron's Aug. 29, 2026

At a Moscow party, an American embassy official slipped the passport to Penkovsky—he’d need it if it became necessary to make a sudden run for the border.

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

The State IG is busy scrutinizing embassies, much as the Agriculture IG focuses on food-stamp fraud.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

Once full of prerevolutionary mansions, it now houses many embassies.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

US embassies across the Middle East - including the mission in Iraq - reposted the security alert for American nationals, warning of "unexpected escalation"

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

Almost 50 countries condemned what they said were threats by Russia against embassies in Ukraine in a joint statement at the United Nations on Tuesday.

From Barron's May 26, 2026

Lyra was intoxicated; not about the North this time, but about London, and the restaurants and ballrooms, the soirées at embassies or ministries, the intrigues between White Hall and Westminster.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman




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