statesman
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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
No statesman can succeed without a healthy dose of it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
Letterman is enjoying his elder statesman status with an interview show on Netflix, “My Next Guest Needs No Introduction,” that he makes on his own schedule.
From Salon ● May 21, 2026
We consider George Washington a statesman because he spent tax money on widely admired programs and did not enrich himself as president.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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
If Gandhi elevated the hunger strike into a moral weapon, BR Ambedkar, one of India's greatest statesmen, was deeply sceptical of it in independent India.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
And during that time, he grew from wunderkind into one of the game’s elder statesmen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
The elder statesmen of proto punk isn’t just another act on the Coachella bill.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
But that’s not why I and other statesmen favor a different strategy for ending this crisis.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
