dignitary
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Zach Witkoff also met Munir and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in April of last year, during a visit where he was feted like a visiting dignitary, with a fireworks display in his honor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
"Almost certainly you've got a major local dignitary making themselves at home here," he added.
From BBC • Jan. 11, 2026
“I need to go in the exact way that a foreign dignitary would go,” he insists.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2025
The Rex Organization, founded in the 19th century, rolls every Fat Tuesday, with the role of Rex, King of Carnival, filled each year by a different local dignitary.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 9, 2024
In July 1938, Premier Vyacheslav Molotov, another important Soviet dignitary, hosted a special reception for Valentina and her crew at his own summer house.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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