dignitary
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He offers Gruel a lazy thumbs-up, accepts the chef’s joke about cooking for a dignitary and immediately turns to the camera to recite the show’s mission statement.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
If she enters the race, she could face off against a DSA dignitary.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
"Almost certainly you've got a major local dignitary making themselves at home here," he added.
From BBC ● Jan. 11, 2026
The Secret Service, the CHP and Los Angeles police do not discuss details of dignitary protection in terms of deployment, numbers, or travel teams.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2025
The portrait no longer travels, but when it toured the United States in the 1960s, it was received like a visiting dignitary.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
Though the president spoke in front of foreign leaders and dignitaries, the real audience was the American public, which has grown weary of the conflict.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
"Unesco firmly condemns all attacks against cultural property protected under international law," he told gathered dignitaries, including President Volodymyr Zelensky.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
The president, his family and White House employees would have secure underground space, Sauer said, while a “totally secure ballroom space” would provide a new level of protection for guests and foreign dignitaries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Sobers' body lay in state at the Barbados parliament on Monday and at the Kensington Oval on Tuesday, with national dignitaries and members of the public able to pay their respects.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
In addition to the vice minister of justice, Russian doctors, dignitaries from other health organizations, and ten Russian generals in olive drab uniforms sat on one side of the assembled tables.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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