friends in high places
noun phrase
: people a person knows who have social or political influence or power
She got the job because she has friends in high places.
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The hidden hand of Koch No surprise, then, that the plaintiff-fishermen’s appeal was accompanied by friends in high places, most notably billionaire Charles Koch, whose anti-regulatory zeal is well-known.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 5 July 2024
Yet while cultivating friends in high places and capitalizing on his personal legend, Jobs doesn’t view political action as strategic to Apple’s business or to its capacity for innovation.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Dec. 2010
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has friends in high places, but he’s been keeping the details of their associations under the radar.
—Paige Hagy, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2023
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 5 July 2024
Yet while cultivating friends in high places and capitalizing on his personal legend, Jobs doesn’t view political action as strategic to Apple’s business or to its capacity for innovation.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Dec. 2010
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has friends in high places, but he’s been keeping the details of their associations under the radar.
—Paige Hagy, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2023
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“Friends in high places.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/friends%20in%20high%20places. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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