statesman

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 veteran linebacker is likely playing in his final NFL season, but he still enjoys leading by example and being an elder statesman.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 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

“Ridiculous” is C.K.’s way of letting the world know, with put-on humility, that when you brush aside his Teflon-coated fame and elder statesman standing, the 58-year-old star is really just old and exhausted.

From Salon ● Jul. 3, 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

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

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

Peter Stolypin, one of the most accomplished Russian statesmen of the era, loathed Rasputin but couldn’t convince the czar to banish him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

The elder statesmen of proto punk isn’t just another act on the Coachella bill.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026

But by straining to recover the factual ingredients in the story, we have inadvertently ignored the most obvious question—namely, what were these two prominent American statesmen doing on the ledge in the first place?

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