State Department
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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State Department gives Zacatecas its highest risk advisory rating — Level 4, meaning “Do Not Travel.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
As a terrorism scholar who spent a decade running the State Department office that designates terrorist organizations, I understand their confusion.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026
“We’re 3 days out from the page being turned,” said Drew DeLong, a former State Department official now at consulting firm Kearney.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Min Zin, who heads a Myanmar-focused think tank and is a Berkeley Ph.D. candidate, was held upon arrival at the airport on suspicion of espionage—charges his think tank and the State Department both dispute.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
As usual, the State Department would not come clean about what it considered dirt.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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