dispatch box
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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It’s Rishi Sunak’s first time at the dispatch box since his party suffered heavy losses at the local elections last week.
From BBC • May 8, 2024
The outgoing prime minister's last weekly grilling at the dispatch box was not unlike his first in September 2019 - acrimonious, raucous, and littered with his colourful quips.
From BBC • Jul. 20, 2022
Stepping up to the dispatch box for the last time, Mr Johnson thanked his staff and MPs before giving a nod to Schwarzenegger's Terminator character.
From BBC • Jul. 20, 2022
On Sunday, Buckingham Palace released a photo of the monarch sitting in front of her official red dispatch box with government papers spread out before her.
From Washington Times • Feb. 6, 2022
The London newspapers then reported that a dispatch box, belonging to Count Bernstorff, and containing documents of the German Embassy, had been opened there.
From My Three Years in America by Bernstorff, Johann Heinrich Andreas Hermann Albrecht Graf von
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