statesman

The novelist Hermann Hesse and the statesman Winston Churchill, both butterfly lovers, figure into her thumbnail survey, too.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Sowing behind-the-scenes stories about how he’s actually approaching it like a responsible statesman could play to his advantage.

From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026

The club have mainly targeted players aged 20 and under from abroad, having already recruited Jaouen, Sean Steur, Bazoumana Toure and Aladji Bamba, so Hornicek will feel like something of an elder statesman in comparison.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

And now, with championship aspirations entering his 13th season, and fifth in Los Angeles, Mack is basking in his role as the Chargers’ elder statesman.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026

The man who invented Bacon’s cipher was Sir Francis Bacon, an English scientist and statesman who lived in Shakespeare’s day.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

The 19th-century statesmen gathered at Vienna to stabilize Europe in the aftermath of Napoleon’s ravaging.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026

Malick Thiaw was among the elder statesmen as he led Newcastle out as captain on his 25th birthday and this side will certainly need youthful vigour to play Jaissle's intense brand of football.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

Proponents compared him to such 19th-century statesmen as Germany’s Otto von Bismarck and Italy’s Camillo Benso di Cavour, both of whom united their countries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

As Ms. Fletcher emphasizes, handguns were increasingly associated with one specific crime—the assassination of high-profile statesmen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

More was at stake, much more, than the throbbing egos of two ambitious statesmen vying for personal honor.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis