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legation

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as in embassy

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Recent Examples of legation 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, 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 Flags at all United States embassies, legations, consular offices and other facilities abroad, including all military facilities and naval vessels and stations will also be flown at half-staff. — Joyce Orlando, Nashville Tennessean, 28 Aug. 2025 But after about a month, his typing skills landed him a job as a typist at the American legation in Stockholm, DiGeorge said. — Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025 The Japanese government promptly purchased more than 100 copies of Yardley’s book, sending it to embassies and legations to encourage them to strengthen their codes. — Peter Zablocki, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Feb. 2025 Perle not only greeted them but invited them to dinner that night with the legation's employees. — CBS News, 17 Jan. 2025

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The embassy said in a Monday statement that partial curfews had been introduced in several French cities, with additional restrictions possible.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026
The embassy had suspended operations in 2015 but local staff still provided security and basic maintenance of the facility.

— Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 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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