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
He was at all times persona grata with royalty.
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
Orloff also says that W. ought to come back here as Ambassador, that he would be decidedly a "persona grata," but that isn't W.'s impression.
From Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 by Mary King Waddington
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