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chargé

[chahrj] / tʃɑrdʒ /
NOUN
chargé d'affaires
Synonyms


charge










VERB
ask a price
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As Petro was traveling to Washington, Delcy Rodríguez, Venezuela’s interim president, met with U.S. chargé d’affaires Laura Dogu to talk about the future.

From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2026

She takes over from John McNamara, who had served as chargé d’affaires since February 2025 and traveled to Venezuela in January to discuss the potential reopening of the embassy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026

On Thursday, the U.S. named Laura F. Dogu, a former ambassador to Honduras and Nicaragua, as the new chargé d’affaires for the State Department’s Venezuela Affairs Unit, which is based in Bogotá, Colombia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026

Estonia's foreign ministry said it had summoned Russia's chargé d'affaires and said it was treating the move as a "provocative border incident".

From BBC ● May 24, 2024

After mentioning Mr. Lowther, then English chargé d'affaires in Naples, as a very agreeable fellow who had been at the Rockingham play, he alludes to a meeting at his house.

From The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete by John Forster

We can take charge of AI, and use it to shape a better future—one in which we not only avoid destruction by AI, but reduce our other catastrophic risks, too.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

For the third season in a row, United are replacing the man in charge of the team mid-season.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

Given how many times the average American has seen this story, though, the movie sets itself up for a charge of being superfluous that it can’t answer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

The only thing we know: Jensen Huang, the man who once defined this tech revolution as we know it, will no longer be leading that charge.

From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026

That the man who’s in charge is called Dr.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

Although no charges were laid, she was barred from the city-state in February 2026 for providing inaccurate information to "downplay her role in Megaspeed", Singapore's home ministry said.

From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026

Just after the transaction goes through, Stripe charges the purchase amount to the consumer’s actual card, which effectively pays off the virtual card.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

Applying a small voltage can reverse this polarization, effectively switching the positions of the positive and negative charges.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026

His latest pleas of not guilty mean he now denies a total of 17 charges concerning allegations by nine women between 1983 and 2016.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

Even though the Department of Justice eventually dropped the charges, the Gestapo still held him.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple

He said France and other EU countries are thinking about “having a common site to several European countries where our ambassadors or chargés d’affaires can be present” in Afghanistan.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 4, 2021

In some countries, high-ranking government officials will not meet with anyone short of a formal U.S. ambassador, shunning the chargés d’affaires who have taken over in the interim.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 27, 2021

Also, a large and nervous party of fugitives of mixed nationalities and professions––consuls, chargés, attachés, and innocent, agitated citizens––was summarily grabbed and ordered into indefinite limbo.

From The Crimson Tide A Novel by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

His salary was unprovided for; and there was no way of remedying this important omission, but by giving him place in the diplomatic service bill, among chargés d'affaires, envoys extraordinary, and ministers plenipotentiary.

From The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style by Daniel Webster

Ministers and chargés d'affaires retire in case of hostilities, but consuls are permitted to remain to watch the interests of their countrymen.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Sir Edward Belcher

On May 10 and 11, 2024, enormous clouds of charged solar particles struck Earth's magnetosphere, triggering one of the most powerful geomagnetic storms in decades.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026

To qualify, you need to have been charged a processing fee.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026

Foster was charged following a "significant policing operation" around Ger-y-Nant, where he lived, and which is managed by the Valleys to Coast housing association, where Barnfield worked.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

Brandon Tyner was caught in a sting operation and is expected to be charged on Sunday or Monday, according to U.S. officials familiar with the case.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

Roz charged over to the young otter as fast as she could go, but beneath the surface the seabed was covered in slick stones, and she kept sliding and stumbling and slipping!

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown

The firm has begun charging clients on a value-based billing model, according to Global Chair Sunny Mann.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

The class period end date is July 1, 2024, because that is when the amusement parks stopped charging processing fees, according to court records.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026

Food security has become a hot topic, with Defence Secretary Wes Streeting saying in October people should have water, tinned goods, baby food, torches and mobile phone charging packs ready in case of emergency.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026

They can hold a phone or tablet and even have convenient charging ports, so rear seat occupants can bring their own entertainment system with their own apps and media for long rides.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2026

I don't mind reusing a towel, but if they're charging that much for a hotel, I want my sheets changed every day.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris


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