mover and shaker
Example Sentences
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"So he was a real mover and shaker of the movement".
From BBC • May 17, 2026
China’s tech world is watching closely what will happen to Mr. Bao, who knows or has worked with nearly every mover and shaker in the industry.
From New York Times • Feb. 22, 2023
Whenever I’d meet another Latino mover and shaker from the Inland Empire, they’d inevitably be a Future Leader alum, and I’d ask how Dr. Tom was doing.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2022
She sold her company in 1995, just months before she died at the age of 74; in the words of her sister, “a mover and shaker all of her life.”
From Seattle Times • Mar. 5, 2022
All eyes are on an agent: a protagonist, a mover and shaker, a driving force.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
