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embassy

[em-buh-see] / ˈɛm bə si /
NOUN
residence, offices of overseas representatives
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A U.S. official said Friday that suspected Iranian terror plots targeting U.S. personnel informed the decision to order embassy staff from their posts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

AFP then reported that a diplomatic source said U.S. embassy staff and their families in Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Qatar and Bahrain have been ordered to leave.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

South Korea's foreign ministry said Tuesday it will withdraw some staff from its embassy in Ukraine, as a diplomatic row deepens over the transfer of North Korean prisoners of war to Seoul.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

Representatives from the Saudi embassy in Washington, D.C., didn’t immediately have a comment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

She thought that that someone was Monty, although she didn’t know why Monty would’ve been at the embassy.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

One of the guests says he has since declined several invitations to events at Western embassies out of fear.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Prices for oil have climbed since Reuters reported Wednesday that the State Department’s evacuation orders will include some staff and their family members from certain U.S. embassies in the Persian Gulf region.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

But they also had to protect their staff and keep their embassies functioning.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Mathernova told AFP separately that "nobody is moving", although European embassies always had contingency plans, including for winter, she added.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

The photographs were mostly pictures of Comrade K. N. M. Pillai’s son, Lenin, who lived and worked in Delhi—he took care of the painting, plumbing, and any electrical work—for the Dutch and German embassies.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy


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