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charge

[chahrj] / tʃɑrdʒ /










VERB
ask a price
Synonyms




chargé
NOUN
chargé d'affaires
Synonyms


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However, the charge is capped at five nights.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

He is approached by an old Army pal, Wild Bill Grimsley, now in charge of shepherding Asian high-rollers around the top-of-the-line Bacchanal casino.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

Cartels charge migrants from Latin America up to $15,000 dollars each to use tunnels to El Paso, an official familiar with the dynamics said.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

They might charge 1% annually on a $500,000 portfolio, but this rate should drop to 0.50% or lower for larger portfolios over, say, $1 million to $5 million.

From MarketWatch Sep. 9, 2026

“Just think, Pretty, we could charge folks to see it,” Pa joked.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney

Iran summoned the Ukrainian chargé d’affaires in Tehran.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

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

Estonia's foreign ministry said it summoned the Russian chargé d'affaires "to lodge a protest" over Friday's incursion, while top EU diplomat Kaja Kallas described the incident as "an extremely dangerous provocation".

From BBC Sep. 19, 2025

In 1769, Sir James Gray returning to England, left Mr Harris behind him as chargé d’affaires.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 by Various

Garcia, who pleaded not guilty on those charges, has not responded to the new charges, according to court records.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2026

Sean Garcia-Leys, executive director of the Peace & Justice Law Center who was acting as a spokesman for Alvarez, criticized Essayli’s decision to bring the charges.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

The officer said she could connect the defendant to the charges against him.

From BBC Sep. 9, 2026

Prosecutors unveiled the indictment in early 2019, and Washington slapped a first round of sanctions on Huawei after the charges were levied.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

Ellsberg had just become the first person in American history to face criminal charges for leaking government secrets to the press.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

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

Almost all the European countries are represented in the Dominican Republic either by ministers, chargés d'affaires or consuls.

From Santo Domingo A Country with a Future by Otto Schoenrich

Thus the ambassador longest at Paris precedes all the other ambassadors at Paris; and the same rule prevails with the ministers and chargés, according to their respective gradations of rank.

From Recollections of Europe by James Fenimore Cooper

Claims for outfits and salaries by chargés d'affaires and secretaries of legation who have not been appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.

From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 2, part 3: Andrew Jackson, 1st term by James D. (James Daniel) Richardson

The South Korean government this year created a state-run corporation charged with evaluating potential U.S. investments for their commercial viability.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

He has been charged with assisting a foreign intelligence service and preparatory conduct.

From BBC Sep. 9, 2026

The feds briefly charged each worker $10 each for the cost of being deported.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

A 32-year-old man and two women, aged 19 and 23, have been charged following the incident and will appear in court later.

From BBC Sep. 9, 2026

It charged a lot less for insurance on a putatively safe double-A-rated slice of a CDO than it did for insurance on the openly risky triple-B-rated bonds.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

While bitcoin prices have come charging back over the past couple of weeks, the broader market for crypto tokens has, for the most part, remained in a slump.

From MarketWatch Sep. 9, 2026

Intel has shown it can raise prices on personal-computer chips, and the company might soon start charging even more as the high costs of memory components weigh on the broader technology ecosystem.

From MarketWatch Sep. 8, 2026

But last week, the Monterey County district attorney’s office said in a news release that it had “not received a filing request for criminal charges against the 14-year-old” and had not made “any charging decision.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 7, 2026

They need huge batteries, which need huge charging capacity.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

They’re these foot brace things that sit on the track and let you be in a ready position to start charging down your lane.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée




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