How to Use in high places in a Sentence

in high places

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  • Mack had friends in high places on campus from his first term.
    Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 10 July 2020
  • People in high places may take note of your passion for perfection and give your ideas the go-ahead.
    Magi Helena, oregonlive, 14 June 2020
  • And the museum has received very public signs of support from friends in high places.
    Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Adele has fans in high places (including the British government).
    Vogue, 7 Oct. 2021
  • Keep these plants in high places inaccessible to pets and small children.
    Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 10 May 2023
  • Keep these plants in high places inaccessible to pets and small children.
    Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 10 May 2023
  • Their life looks glamorous — closets full of fashion, an arcade room, friends in high places — and hides some notable secrets.
    Darren Franich, EW.com, 10 Feb. 2022
  • But that is precisely the point: Epstein had purchased friends in high places, and those friends had friends who helped him, even if inadvertently.
    Naomi Oreskes, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2020
  • The full machinery of the state was being unleashed, which suggested that people in high places had much to lose if Consuelo Porras was no longer at the helm.
    Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2022
  • Although the channel’s viewership is low, Newsmax has Republican friends in high places.
    Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Montgomery, who could not immediately be reached for comment, has long dabbled in conspiracy theories and has a track record of persuading people in high places to invest in them.
    John D'anna, The Arizona Republic, 13 Nov. 2020
  • And influential women in high places are clearly visible.
    Dallas News, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Unfortunately, with friends in high places, then usually come others attempting to climb that social ladder.
    Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Although some of his neighbors are upset, Trump has no shortage of friends in high places in Florida — unlike New York where state prosecutors are examining his financial dealings.
    Skyler Swisher, sun-sentinel.com, 26 Dec. 2020

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