State Department
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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“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
“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
The State Department declined to comment on awards in process but noted that Victims of Communism has long worked with the State Department.
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026
The infanta was twenty-nine and, in the words of a State Department official, “rather handsome, graceful and bright.”
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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