persona grata

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Cavett: I was actually persona grata at the White House for a brief time.

From New York Times • Sep. 5, 2016

When at New Haven, or Princeton, or Cambridge, Mass., or Cambridge, Eng., he is persona grata among a group of serious-minded young men distinguished by their piety and their wealth.

From Time Magazine Archive

Giovanni Beda Cardinale, is no longer persona grata and that the Argentine Minister to the Vatican, Garcia Mansilla, will be replaced.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was at all times persona grata with royalty.

From Time Magazine Archive

Since then the artist has been seen no more in Punch's pages, although, jokes serving, he is still a persona grata in Whitefriars.

From The History of "Punch" by Spielmann, M. H. (Marion Harry)