emissary
Example Sentences
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If Zelensky were to dismiss Yermak, he would lose his foremost emissary to the U.S. since the start of the war.
The theocrat would express his distrust of the Americans, caution his emissaries to be vigilant, but then obliquely defend their efforts.
He’s put off by Ginsberg’s aggressiveness, though the aging beatnik softens somewhat when he realizes Hujar isn’t an emissary of the enemy so much as a photographer picking up work where he can get it.
Created as a refuge for Jewish musicians fleeing Nazi persecution, it became, with Israel’s founding in 1948, a cultural emissary for its home country.
These two songs are worthy emissaries of the general vibe here.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
