reputation
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It’s a testament to how disillusioned investors had become, but also to the former Chipotle boss’s Mr. Fixit reputation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
He embraced the nickname “Satan,” which a former client affixed after Reilly went to work for an archrival, as a reflection of his reputation for intimidation and mastery of the political dark arts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
"This could reflect growing exhaustion with a government that has been in power for a long time. Its failure to deliver on the promises it built its reputation on may have reached a tipping point."
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
He has spent his entire career cultivating a reputation as the sport’s most notorious pest, once proudly declaring, “I’m trying to make them hate me.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
America may have thought Elisha Kent Kane was a gentleman/hero, but he was not defending young Maggie Fox’s reputation to the press.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
The suspected problem appears across thousands of journals published by major companies, including journals with strong reputations and high impact.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026
Greenspan believed financial institutions had a self interest in not taking risks that would wipe out shareholders; similarly, he thought they had natural incentives to behave ethically to preserve the value of their reputations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
So turn the phrase "who else?" back towards Bellingham - the "who else?" in his England world became boyhood friend Rogers and a single-minded head coach without a care for reputations and status.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
But while others established national reputations — Anaheim for Disneyland and sports teams, Westminster and Garden Grove for their slices of Little Saigon — Stanton remained an outcast.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026
All the vanguard members of the revolutionary generation developed a keen sense of their historical significance even while they were still making the history on which their reputations would rest.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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