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After retiring from the ring, Ali made speeches emphasizing spirituality, peace and tolerance, and undertook quasi-diplomatic missions to Africa and Iraq.

From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2016

“As an act of international, quasi-diplomatic intrigue, it’s impressive,” Steven Aftergood, director of the Project on Government Secrecy at the Federation of American Scientists, said of WikiLeaks’ role in Mr. Snowden’s flight.

From New York Times • Jun. 24, 2013

Additionally, an announcement could be made about the Taliban opening a quasi-diplomatic office in a Gulf Arab region, the sources said.

From Reuters • Nov. 29, 2011

Nor did he boggle at the key condition extracted by Peking: establishment in Tokyo of a Chinese Communist trade mission with quasi-diplomatic privileges, including the right to fly Red China's five-star flag over its headquarters.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was forced to restrain its own citizens, and to enter into quasi-diplomatic relations with its neighbors.

From The Winning of the West, Volume 2 From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1777-1783 by Roosevelt, Theodore