foreign service

Example Sentences

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After graduation, he opted for Wall Street rather than the foreign service, journalism, or computer science.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

And then they tell the career civil servants and foreign service officers and military people, “This is what we want to get at the negotiating table. How do we do that?”

From Salon • Aug. 12, 2025

"I see foreign service officers that have spent their entire lives serving - a large part of it overseas - and the sacrifices they made," they said.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2025

Not long after that job ended, Merry retired from the foreign service.

From Slate • Dec. 23, 2024

Mercy there certainly was on the side of the insurgents when they were commanded by Owen O’Neill, a genuine soldier trained in foreign service and observant of the rules of civilized war.

From Irish History and the Irish Question by Smith, Goldwin