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
Zach Witkoff also met Munir and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in April of last year, during a visit where he was feted like a visiting dignitary, with a fireworks display in his honor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026
“I need to go in the exact way that a foreign dignitary would go,” he insists.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2025
One dignitary who will not be attending is Pope Francis, though he has sent a message that will be read out on Saturday.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2024
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
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
Barton continues to tour nationwide, speaking at hundreds of conferences and events a year, including July’s Family Leadership Summit in Des Moines, Iowa, along with Johnson and other conservative dignitaries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Buses will also be needed to move athletes, dignitaries, media and others as well.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 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
Mrs. Ferris gave him a gold whistle, then she and Ferris and the other dignitaries climbed into the first car.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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