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

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

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)