statesman
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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
The elder statesman died peacefully at his home in Leimert Park, his son said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 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
It was a great honor for Fort Hare to play host to a man acclaimed as a world statesman.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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
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
But the two statesmen had different conceptions of governance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026
Ernest Lawrence, a Nobel laureate and the intimate friend of statesmen and millionaires, suffered a sudden bout of stage fright at his first meeting with a US president.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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