How to Use foreign affairs in a Sentence
foreign affairs
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Ignatius is a foreign affairs columnist for The Washington Post and the author of a ton of spy thrillers over the years.
—Andy Meek, BGR, 15 Dec. 2021
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Impressed by his knowledge of foreign affairs and language skills, The Times hired him as a copy boy.
—Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 9 July 2023
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What the Fox News host's flip-flop on the invasion of Ukraine says about his influence and read on foreign affairs.
—Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 3 Mar. 2022
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Both the ministry and Ukraine’s first deputy minister of foreign affairs shared images of the mosque to Twitter.
—Joel Shannon, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2022
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Slutsky is the head of the state Duma's foreign affairs committee.
—Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 25 Jan. 2024
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So Menendez is cooked, and President Biden has a wider lane in foreign affairs now.
—Fox News Staff, Fox News, 23 Sep. 2023
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And very few pages in those papers were devoted to foreign affairs.
—Dexter Fergie, The New Republic, 24 Mar. 2022
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Hasan Akhund, the former acting minister of foreign affairs, went so far as to urge Afghans who worked with the U.S. and had fled to return to the country.
—Fox News, 1 Dec. 2021
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And that, in turn, would require informing the public about foreign affairs.
—Andrew Lanham, The New Republic, 5 Apr. 2023
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The comments highlight the intraparty divide over how involved the U.S. should be in foreign affairs.
—Brittany Bernstein, National Review, 11 Oct. 2023
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The French foreign affairs ministry and Macron’s office did not respond to requests for comment.
—Rachel Chason, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2023
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But his rhetoric and self-regard have long exceeded France’s power and Mr. Macron’s skills and instincts in foreign affairs.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 20 June 2022
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Adam Taylor writes about foreign affairs for The Washington Post.
—Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
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Adam Taylor writes about foreign affairs for The Washington Post.
—Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
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But a majority floor vote was required to boot Omar from foreign affairs.
—Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2023
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Fred Mitchell, the island nation’s minister of foreign affairs, said an attempt to block removal from the Bahamas could drag on for months or even years.
—Jim Wyss, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Dec. 2022
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What's clear is that foreign affairs and geopolitics have returned as issues that could shape the opinions of U.S. voters.
—Josh Boak, ajc, 18 May 2022
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Tariq Aziz was his deputy prime minister, at one point, and his minister of foreign affairs.
—Peter Bergen, CNN, 14 Mar. 2023
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That’s a higher proportion than the overall 27 percent of Americans who spend more to deal with their qualms about the economy and foreign affairs.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 31 Jan. 2024
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The clock on that deadline was to start once Venezuela’s foreign affairs ministry notified U.S. officials of the judge’s decision.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2022
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Minister of foreign affairs for Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba did not shoot the idea down in a briefing with reporters yesterday.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2024
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Anyone interested in foreign affairs has an opinion about the war, but how do Ukrainians feel?
—Daniel Twining, WSJ, 6 May 2022
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Christodoulides left his role as the minister of foreign affairs to run as an independent backed by centrist parties.
—Quartz, 2 Feb. 2023
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Mary Welsh was the first woman reporting on foreign affairs for Time magazine from wartime London.
—Timothy Christian, Town & Country, 1 Mar. 2022
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In Guatemala, her home country, the ministry of foreign affairs would call for a thorough investigation.
—Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 21 June 2024
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The head of Peru’s army then resigned, along with four ministers, including those over foreign affairs and the economy.
—Franklin Briceno, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Dec. 2022
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The head of Peru's army then resigned, along with four ministers, including those over foreign affairs and the economy.
—Franklin Briceño, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2022
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And there is nothing similar to the claim in any recent statements by China's defense or foreign affairs ministries.
—Chris Mueller, USA TODAY, 26 June 2023
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Haitian lawmakers assailed their minister of foreign affairs over the deal.
—New York Times, 20 May 2022
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Voters who watched the entire 59 minutes, particularly supporters, saw a veteran of foreign affairs who could speak with authority about wars in Gaza and Ukraine, with a bit of rambling in between.
—Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2024
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