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
Nor is Colonel John Patrick Sullivan, another big old-line Democrat, persona grata beyond his urban district, because of his horse track, gambling and brewing connections.
From Time Magazine Archive
Today Ambassador Bullitt, highly persona grata in Moscow, constitutes almost the sole friendly link between Moscow and Washington.
From Time Magazine Archive
Once he seemed bent on expelling all foreign correspondents, but now more than 200 of them are "persona grata" in a land where American diplomats are not.
From Time Magazine Archive
What is true of the doctor is also true of the lawyer known to be persona grata to the government.
From The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by Blount, James H.
