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  • verb humorous To engage in the professional work of an ambassador.

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Examples

  • A short while ago, it was U.S. archenemy Hugo Chávez, the Venezuelan president who recently expelled the Israeli ambass ...

    Jamal Dajani: Arabs Find A Hero 2009

  • A short while ago, it was U.S. archenemy Hugo Chávez, the Venezuelan president who recently expelled the Israeli ambass ...

    Jamal Dajani: Arabs Find A Hero 2009

  • J. Bolton (down) abrasive acting U.N. ambass. is out -- a sign of the times.

    Grave and Deteriorating Edition 2007

  • On the diplomatic front, Pakistan foreign ministry officials are now saying that the Pakistani ambass -- rather, the Taliban ambassador to Pakistan has been holding and is holding meetings with them.

    CNN Transcript Oct 20, 2001 2001

  • BAGHDAD — A hasty departure of U.S. troops from Iraq would carry severe risks, including bolstering al-Qaida and threatening Iraqi progress toward a functioning society, the outgoing U.S. ambass ...

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com 2009

  • There's one as yet unremarked constituency increasingly disturbed by some Republican senators 'efforts to block the confirmation of former North Korea envoy Christopher Hill to be the next U.S. ambass ...

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com 2009

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