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Less gray eminence perhaps -- Santi Hernandez is mop-haired and bearded -- but this man is an almost permanent fixture at the side of five-time MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez.
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Jonathan Hawkins, CNN, 11 June 2019
Few active country artists possess the deep knowledge and love of the tradition’s history and lore of singer-songwriter Marty Stuart, who’s evolved into a gray eminence with a mixture of elegance and unquenchable curiosity.
—Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader, 8 Dec. 2017
Image The maverick genius of the 1980s, now the gray eminence of the 2010s, Mr. Moss is perhaps the most successful editor of his generation.
—New York Times, 15 Sep. 2017
But aren’t the series’ subjects—the ones still breathing—usually gray eminences?
—John Anderson, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2017
At a moment of doctrinal crisis in the Republican party, Newt Gingrich is the only major figure in his party who is both insurgent and gray eminence.
—John H. Richardson, Esquire, 10 Aug. 2010
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Jonathan Hawkins, CNN, 11 June 2019
Few active country artists possess the deep knowledge and love of the tradition’s history and lore of singer-songwriter Marty Stuart, who’s evolved into a gray eminence with a mixture of elegance and unquenchable curiosity.
—Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader, 8 Dec. 2017
Image The maverick genius of the 1980s, now the gray eminence of the 2010s, Mr. Moss is perhaps the most successful editor of his generation.
—New York Times, 15 Sep. 2017
But aren’t the series’ subjects—the ones still breathing—usually gray eminences?
—John Anderson, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2017
At a moment of doctrinal crisis in the Republican party, Newt Gingrich is the only major figure in his party who is both insurgent and gray eminence.
—John H. Richardson, Esquire, 10 Aug. 2010
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“Gray eminence.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gray%20eminence. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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