mover and shaker
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"So he was a real mover and shaker of the movement".
From BBC ● May 17, 2026
Before the invasion, Feb. 24 hadn’t been much of a mover and shaker as a date in world history.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 20, 2023
“He was the main mover and shaker in rebuilding labor’s political clout,” Steve Rosenthal, a former AFL-CIO political director, told the Times of Mr. McEntee in 2011.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 11, 2022
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
All eyes are on an agent: a protagonist, a mover and shaker, a driving force.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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