consul
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Napoleon Bonaparte, first consul of the French Republic, aimed to recover the territory as part of his larger imperial project.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Belgium condemned the assault on its consul general and the other envoys and called for Israel to bring those responsible to justice.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
Tyler attended Groton with the newly appointed American consul in Istanbul.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
The World Cup was the lightning rod, said Carlos González Gutiérrez, the Mexican consul general in Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
Sure enough, momentarily the monotone, garbled voice of the American consul nears the living room.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
One day after Levine's beating, settlers attacked a convoy of European diplomats including the French and Belgian consuls general in Jerusalem as they went through the town of Taybeh in the West Bank on Saturday.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
The republic’s consuls and other officers became Augustus’ lapdogs, but he preserved their venerable offices and titles “with anxious care,” seeming to consult them and massaging their vanity.
From Salon ● Feb. 17, 2025
Thursday’s summit was attended by consuls and other senior officials from G-7 nations and the European Union, and lawmakers and representatives from economic organizations, labor unions and other organizations.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 30, 2023
Once consuls are in place, the memo said, they would remain accountable to the governments they represent.
From Salon ● Dec. 23, 2022
Despite the emergency, two foreign consuls were playing tennis on the grass courts out back.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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Before We Were Free
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The Roman Republic, Lessons 1–2
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Chapter 11: Rome: Republic to Empire
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