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
Washington denied any involvement, however, and calmer heads in Lisbon declared that Carlucci was still persona grata.
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On my return to Malta Pope Benedict even intimated that I would be persona, grata as Minister to the Holy See.
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He was at all times persona grata with royalty.
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Then, with the restoration of the Bourbons, the very fact that Cherubini had not been persona grata with Napoleon brought him honour and emoluments.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various