ambassadorship
Americannoun
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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
Current and former U.S. officials said Huckabee’s ambassadorship is in part thanks to Adelson, who donated around $100 million to the president’s election campaign and lobbied Trump to give him the job.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025
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
When Biden phoned to offer Garcetti the ambassadorship in 2021, “It was like the hand of the universe reaching out, saying, ‘You’ve always wanted to be here.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2023
I'm afraid," said Senator Smith, "that it may mean an attempt on the part of Cresswell's friends to boost him for the French ambassadorship.
From The Quest of the Silver Fleece A Novel by Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt)
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