dignitaries
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A Russian drone had just hit a locomotive near the same border, and a special train carrying former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and other European dignitaries, had passed through minutes before.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
Johnson was in Kyiv to attend the Yalta European Strategy Conference, along with other dignitaries including national security advisoes from the U.K.,
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
They joined other dignitaries for King Harald's funeral before flying on to Iceland for a brief visit and then to Canada for further talks.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
In Gaza City, community elders, mokhtars, local dignitaries and civil defense crews gathered Tuesday for a mass funeral after the recovery effort that was accomplished with a single excavator and simple hand tools.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
These fugitive dignitaries are both from the Batetela tribe and learned French in mission schools, but have no inkling of how to talk to the Kwango tribesmen who fish the rivers east of Léopoldville.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
