be a credit to
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“I sincerely hope I shall always be a credit to my race and to the motion picture industry,” McDaniel said accepting the award.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 26, 2023
Part of it may be a credit to the opposing pitchers.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2021
Alexander believed that Hagerty would be a credit to the Senate long after Trump was gone.
From Washington Post • Oct. 17, 2021
“I sincerely hope I shall always be a credit to my race and to the motion picture industry,” she said in her acceptance speech.
From The Guardian • Feb. 19, 2019
For the gatekeepers of heaven were to review him in state, that they might make their decision: Would this man be a credit to the empyrean?
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
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