guru

Example Sentences

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Still, McDaniel’s reputation as an offensive guru made him a prime candidate not just for coordinator positions, but for head coaching vacancies too.

From Los Angeles Times

Inside Paramount, some call Cardinale “The Godfather,” a nod to the studio’s famed film, because of his role as a guru of sorts to its top brass, people who work with him say.

From The Wall Street Journal

He added that Baker isn’t the first real-estate guru to get into retailing with disastrous results.

From The Wall Street Journal

So far, so successful, with senior figures in government believing their foreign policy guru, Blair-era adviser Jonathan Powell, is "playing a blinder".

From BBC

At other times—wiser times, I believe—I’m able to take the guru seriously and begin to imagine the inevitable end.

From The Wall Street Journal