ambassadorship
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The prime minister's original decision to give Peter Mandelson the US ambassadorship, one of the best jobs in the land, had risks from the start that could be seen from space.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
All this has led to speculation that Gabbard will soon be reassigned to an ambassadorship in a country far, far away.
From Salon • Mar. 22, 2026
On Wednesday, Mr. Starmer, pressed by Conservative opposition leader Kemi Badenoch, admitted that when considering Mr. Mandelson for the ambassadorship, he knew Mr. Mandelson had remained in contact with Epstein after Epstein’s conviction.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026
Zarif offered him the ambassadorship to Oman, still a strategically important post given the sultanate long serving as an interlocutor between Iran and the West.
From Seattle Times • May 19, 2024
Whether he reached the fort in safety I know not, for we never saw nor heard anything more of his fat ambassadorship; so I suppose he suffered with many hundreds of others during the siege.
From Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment by Shipp, John
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