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legation

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as in embassy

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Recent Examples of legation Her husband, King Gojong, subsequently sought refuge in the Russian legation and later proclaimed the Great Korean (Dae Han) Empire in 1897 in a symbolic assertion of sovereignty that failed to halt Japan’s advance. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Mar. 2026 King Gojong, seeking to maintain Korean sovereignty, had fled to the Russian legation in Seoul in February 1896 following the assassination of Queen Min by Japanese agents the previous year. — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 13 Mar. 2026 Flags at all United States embassies, legations, consular offices and other facilities abroad, including all military facilities and naval vessels and stations will also be flown at half-staff. — Joyce Orlando, Nashville Tennessean, 28 Aug. 2025 But after about a month, his typing skills landed him a job as a typist at the American legation in Stockholm, DiGeorge said. — Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025 The Japanese government promptly purchased more than 100 copies of Yardley’s book, sending it to embassies and legations to encourage them to strengthen their codes. — Peter Zablocki, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Feb. 2025 Perle not only greeted them but invited them to dinner that night with the legation's employees. — CBS News, 17 Jan. 2025

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Some of those embassy staff may start returning to their posts soon, however the State Department is still limiting the number of personnel in the Middle East as the war in Iran drags on.

— Greg Dixon, NPR, 21 Aug. 2026
After Tam’s father contacted their senator, Ted Cruz, the embassy called her to apologize.

— Aniruddha Ghosal, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026

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Ray Allensworth, Firefly’s vice president of spacecraft, said those observations revealed the scale of the challenge facing future missions.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2026
The Falcon 9 rocket was launched in early 2025 on a one-way mission to carry lunar landers into deep space.

— Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026

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