noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
foreign
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We taxied towards the buildings and a little party of figures came to meet us as if they were welcoming a foreign diplomat .
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Only two foreign diplomats have been involved in violent deaths in the United States.
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An early return to civilian rule is endangered, according to politicians and foreign diplomats .
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This claim was greeted with scepticism by both campaigners and foreign diplomats .
senior
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He smoked and drank heavily, and his language was rich in expletives even when mixing with senior diplomats and politicians.
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The perfect ambassador's wife, according to one of the senior diplomats who had been delighted to promote her husband.
soviet
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Cheltenham was outside the radius around London within which Soviet diplomats and journalists could roam free.
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These recollections, centred around one Soviet diplomat , track back and forth over the years.
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Among those present was the journalist who, with two Soviet diplomats , had recently been expelled from London.
western
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But it has given rise to two main worries among western diplomats in Bonn.
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Neurological, according to a Western diplomat .
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Despite the rebel gains, Western diplomats have been upbeat in recent days about the prospects for peace.
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To make matters worse, in the opinion of some Western diplomats , these sources could actually shrink.
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We all knew what was happening-surely Western diplomats could not be blind to what was going on?
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A Western diplomat speculated that Rodionov may be preparing to quit.
■ NOUN
career
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Hurd, a former career diplomat and Foreign Office Minister of State, was the obvious choice as his successor.
■ VERB
accord
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Neurological, according to a Western diplomat .
say
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Marginalized people are simply creating their own society, says the retired diplomat .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Ambassador Thompson is an experienced diplomat who has served in France, South America, and the Middle East.
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As a natural diplomat , Baxter found it easy to get the two sides to agree.
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British and Argentinian diplomats met to discuss peace.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A shoplifting diplomat caught on videotape was prosecuted by his own government.
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Even so, a single diplomat may be called upon to serve at different times in a variety of capacities.
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Jefferson sent his request by way of diplomats he knew who knew her, and she took months to respond.
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So far as systematic training of diplomats was concerned, therefore, the eighteenth century saw projects and suggestions, but little lasting achievement.
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The recently arrived cultural attache, Ian Sloane, was among the diplomats to be sent home.
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These diplomats have never seen a famine.