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
President Hoover wanted to repudiate the Post's attack against the Prince still more strongly; to establish the fact, without mixing personally in the affair, that the Ambassador was persona grata with the U. S. Government.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Today Ambassador Bullitt, highly persona grata in Moscow, constitutes almost the sole friendly link between Moscow and Washington.
From Time Magazine Archive
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He was at all times persona grata with royalty.
From Time Magazine Archive
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To show that he was persona grata at court he gave a great fête here for Louis XV and the Duchesse du Barry.
From Royal Palaces and Parks of France by McManus, Blanche