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embassy

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as in legation

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Recent Examples of embassy In the cable, published by WikiLeaks, the embassy said recruiters in Israel were targeting young people finishing mandatory military service and promising large sums to be made working at American malls. — Monika Evstatieva, NPR, 14 Oct. 2026 After breaking ties, Petro announced plans to open an embassy in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, but the diplomatic mission never opened. — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026 Fahmi Prayoga, minister counsellor at Indonesia’s embassy in New Delhi, said a delegation from Indonesia is expected to visit India to carry out a DNA and morphology test on the animals. — Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026 India's embassy in Saudi Arabia said one of its citizens died Sunday of injuries sustained in Saturday's attack, which would bring the toll to 13. — Samy Magdy, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for embassy

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Her husband, King Gojong, subsequently sought refuge in the Russian legation and later proclaimed the Great Korean (Dae Han) Empire in 1897 in a symbolic assertion of sovereignty that failed to halt Japan’s advance.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Mar. 2026
King Gojong, seeking to maintain Korean sovereignty, had fled to the Russian legation in Seoul in February 1896 following the assassination of Queen Min by Japanese agents the previous year.

— Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 13 Mar. 2026

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The technology could be particularly useful in situations where drones operate frequently or perform missions with limited time for detailed manual checks.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 26 Oct. 2026
The recovery mission, involving remote, unexplored terrain, a helicopter at extremely high altitude, and the constant threat of more avalanches from above, was as dangerous, perhaps, as anything these men had ever attempted.

— Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026

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