State Department
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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State Department placed sanctions on MizarVision in May for allegedly “providing satellite imagery that enables Iran’s military strikes against U.S. forces in the Middle East.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
“This is unusual, but Ukraine is an unusual country,” said Eliot Cohen, professor emeritus at Johns Hopkins University and a former senior State Department official.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
State Department gives Zacatecas its highest risk advisory rating — Level 4, meaning “Do Not Travel.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
A State Department official who declined to be named stressed that the process for awarding grants was ongoing and that multiple offices provide input.
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026
During the Depression, he had served as an official in the New Deal's Agricultural Adjustment Administration, and he later moved on to a senior post at the US State Department.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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