grandee
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Even before the revelations about the extent of Labour grandee Peter Mandelson’s ties to Epstein raised questions about Starmer’s judgment, investors were primed for a challenge to his leadership.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026
An even more welcome addition to our already bulging shelves is the belated arrival of a largely complete studio discography of Britain’s greatest conductor, and certainly its most self-possessed: the musical grandee Sir Thomas Beecham.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
She is "right to accurately emphasise diversion", the grandee said.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2025
Then we’ll hear from City grandee Allan Leighton, who became chairman of Royal Mail in 2002.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2024
Its high, somewhat stiff collar against my neck, the wide cuffs touching my wrists, the rich material against my skin excited a sense of strangeness and distinction; I felt like some nobleman, some Spanish grandee.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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