good graces
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You felt used, and you believed he was hiding a part of himself to stay in your good graces.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026
This may have been because he was a foreigner, or a calculating businessman, but Ms. Goldring makes the case that it was Holbein’s irreplaceable artistic prowess that kept him in the king’s good graces.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
Heading out of the set-up and good graces of Galthie can be a one-way trip.
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026
Silver and gold made seasonally appropriate External link fresh all-time highs, and tech was once again back in investors good graces.
From Barron's • Dec. 23, 2025
How could I get into the good graces of this man?
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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