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.

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

Since Sir Charles Wood won the enduring gratitude of the Indian reigning houses by relieving them of the exploitation of early British misrule, his grandson is automatically persona grata at Delhi.

From Time Magazine Archive

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